So it is an 1875 gun with Laminated Steel barrels most likely added by Parker Bros. after 1877. The research letter may or may not address the addition of the barrels.
Incidentally, we don't know the meaning of the F.9.R.
I kinda like that "snakeskin pattern" description - never heard it before.
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