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Unread 08-17-2010, 06:28 PM   #9
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Price indicates that an early gun with Damascus barrels is posted in the stock books as a D regardless of actual degree of decoration or grade. This appears to be what we would normally call a 0 or 1 grade gun. Very early guns were priced by barrel material and/or quality more than by degree of decoration until above a certain grade.
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