True guys - I was laboring under the assumption that it actually was made with Bernard barrels when I myself have had Parkers that in the records misidentified the barrel steel…
Case in point, a 28 ga. DHE that was recorded as having 28” Titanic barrels when in fact it left the factory woth 24” Damascus barrels…
And a C hammer gun that was recorded as having left the factory with 30” Damascus barrels yet it actually left the factory with 30” Bernard barrels.
There are really so many errors in the Serialization book and yes, even the factory records that we can really only use these records as a guide as they are not always exact.
The gun in hand may be the only accurate way to determine originality.
This is not to denigrate the records we have or those who have researched this information to provide us with research letters.
But yes, Parkers with original composite barrels were sometimes returned to the factory to have fluid steel barrels fitted.
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