Yes Eric, my post was in response to yours.
I see the "V GRADE" stamp on the side of the lug in that picture but it refers to the grade of the gun this set of barrels was fitted to. It does not however, identify the barrel steel. After the Parker operation was moved to Ilion, Remington Arms no longer stamped a legend on the top rib and no longer used the same barrel steel that Parker Bros. had used and continued to use while under Remington ownership in Meriden CT. Remington used their own formula for chromium/molybdenum steel, so the barrel steel designation stamps we are used to seeing on Meriden Parkers was dropped accordingly.
I have never seen a stamp like the one in that picture which identified the barrel steel rather than the grade of the gun.
I may be wrong but these are my observations.
But I am dead right when I say we had a great time shooting at Scarborough on Sunday and I enjoyed shooting with you!
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