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Originally Posted by Dan Lowry
BD, I would have assumed the barrels in the top photo were cut due to the engraving on the rib...
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In response to Mr Lowry's assumption - if you double click on the picture you can easily see that the matting ends just before the end of the rib, and it is especially evident on the left side of the rib (that's on the right side of the illustrated rib).
And, in regard to anyone making the proclamation that 'all' original length Parker barrels had the blank space at the end of the rib with a scribed termination line across the rib (the vast majority did) - I have a Parker with 24" barrels (this length is supported in a research letter) where there is no scribed line and the matting runs right off the end of the rib.... see below -
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