I could have sworn that the original post stated “strike marks at END of barrels”. Bot with the word BREECH in there. Maybe I missed it, maybe it was edited after originally posted.
So, given that, my assumption would be that the auction description is in fact talking about the polished rays on the breech face as Craig posted a great photo of. As this is a normal treatment on graded parker when made new. And it is on the BREECH end or face.
The issue with the wording of the description is using the word “strike”. As that treatment on the breech face is not striking. Striking is the operation of rough shaping the tubes to profile through draw filing. Striking marks on barrel tubes would be what I desceibed and showed photos of earlier.
The treatment of the striped rays on the breech face is something that I am not entirely sure the name of. I used to think it was called broaching, but that is technically a machining term for something different. Some just call it striping when the polished lines are vertical and evenly spaced.
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