Yes, it is a Grade 1. It would be very unlikely to find Laminated Steel barrels on a Grade 0 or a Grade 2 of that particular era. Some guns in the 1877, 1878, 1879 vintages may have Laminated Steel in grades other than Grade 1 but those Laminated tubes were sourced elsewhere and were made differently with a different composite pattern.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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