New Parker, no letter

[Dean Romig]

Alfred, it is my belief - though not proven - that the Laminated Steel barrels on my gun, 14056, were actually made by Parker Bros. Charles A. King, superintendant of the Parker Bros. Gun Works was deposed in a congressional hearing and he said that the only barrels Parker had ever made were during the years 1877, 1878, and 1879 and that they had manufactured them in segments. Also note the P on the barrel flat where the barrel steel was customarily stamped. The "P" is not, and never was, the designation stamp for any of the other barrel steel types that Parker Bros. used... (the later Laminated Steel tubes that Parker imported were stamped with an L - hence my strong belief that Parker Bros made them. And the different segments are quite clear in the pattern - a rear segment for both barrels and likewise, a front segment for each.

John Powers - I humbly apologize for hijacking your thread.

Back to your gun... I'm, very envious of yours.

[John Powers]

Since I don't have the barrels in hand, as they were sent off, I have additional photos of the barrels. Dean, no apology needed, thanks. Perhaps, I used fine loosely and if I remember correctly, it just has Damascus Steel on the top rib.