Interesting that the gun has the Vulcan barrels - a 1 grade barrel on a higher grade gun.
According to The Parker Story by far the most common barrel for a GH was Parker Special Steel. It doesn't mention any GHs with Vulcan Steel barrels. Does list some with Titanic and Acme - a 2 grade gun with grade 3 or grade 4 barrels. And of course many GHs with Damascus barrels.
The steel barrel (perceived) quality sequence from lowest grade to highest is: Trojan, Vulcan, Parker Special Steel, Titanic, and Acme - correct?
The Parker Story, page 275, has a 1935 gun 237134 that has "PARKER SPEC. STEEL" on the rib.
In the picture of the left side of the frame of the Vulcan GH the barrel does not seem well fit to the frame to me. On the right side the line on the barrel lines up with the line between the ball and the frame. But on the left side it is misaligned. I wonder if the barrels have been retrofitted to that gun after it left the factory? If you look at side pictures of the second GH ed posted in his second post the alignment is good on both sides.
ed do you happen to have a picture of the barrel flats?
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