P and G grades often had mismatched composite barrel segments. Each segment can be of differently spiraled Damascus or Twist and each can be of segments with different compositions of iron and steel. Sometimes a single barrel can have several different segments, other instances each barrel is uniform but differs from its pair. I have seen a P grade having one barrel of twist , it’s adjoining barrel of fluid steel. In that specimen , both barrels were blued.
One significantly mismatched G grade I saw was blued and in my opinion it was Parker factory blued. It was refinished by Damascus browning and the owner was unhappy with the previously concealed mismatch.
G grades can vary widely in quality. Some will have beautiful wood, barrels and engraving. A minority of others , not so much. D’s , the next higher grade were much more consistent.
I posted many photos of these examples several years ago.
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