It looks, by the stamped circle with what looks like a V in it but not centered, to me like the barrels were originally manufactured in Meriden well after the gun was made, but were simply pit in stock with no serial number and with a blank rib and went to Ilion with all other spare parts, and the rest of the barrel flats and the rib were stamped by Remington at a later date.
…but this doesn’t explain the weep hole unless the ribs hadn’t yet been added.
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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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