That it probably correct Jay as we don’t know the date in 1877 that Parker Bros. began supplying their own in-house made barrels and we don’t know the date in 1879 that they ceased production of them. (And there is a very obvious difference in the pattern of the laminates of the two example pictures.) However, they continued supplying their own barrels well after they stopped the production of the barrels… I have a D-grade 16 gauge lifter with 27” (original length per the research letter) Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels ordered in 1881.
My own research indicated the possibility of approx. 300 guns produced with Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels.
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