| Dean Romig | 
			08-09-2021 10:13 PM | 
		 
		 
		 
		
		
		
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					Originally Posted by JOHN ANNY
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				SINGLE TRIGGER GRADE 2 1900-1901 DID PARKER BROWN THIER GUNS? 
			
			 
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 Parker Brothers finished composite barrels in a manner that would highlight the contrast of the light iron and the dark steel. Common belief is that these were finished in “black & white” but the European barrels were finished to give a light brown/dark brown appearance and were considered to be “browned.”
 
There are many, many entries in the Parker Bros. Factory records that make reference to guns sent back to “re-brown” the barrels. This term is actually inaccurate in reference to American barrels and the term probably was borrowed from the British term for finishing or refinishing barrels.
 
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