I don't know what could have been done to those barrels to mar them so badly.
Yes, by the serial number and the engraving pattern that is certainly one of the very earliest Grade-2 hammerless Parkers. The number 59153 makes it an 1890 gun, certainly not the first but definitely before the engraving patterns changed.
the forst D2 seems to have been an 8 gauge with 38" Damascus barrels... what a beast that must have been on long range waterfowl.
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George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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