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Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer
I thought the barrels here after refinish had a little more variation along the tubes than I am used to seeing. The breech ends look to have a different fundamental pattern than the sections closer to the muzzle. The rib is also of an interesting pattern.
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Art, the difference in patterns is because of the fact that, for some unknown reason, the barrel tubes are made from two sections, each roughly 15” long and weld-jointed together to form the full-length barrel tube. I currently have two that have this sometimes not very obvious feature. I’m not aware of any Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels any longer than 32”… but I certainly haven’t seen them all.
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