Grade 4 Parkers did not have the bead around the fences and the two dogs on the sides began with Grade 5 and 6 Parkers. Any engraver worth his salt can match engraving on non-original barrels to match the engraving on other parts of the gun. In my opinion, if it is an upgrade of an original Grade 2, it was done either at Meriden or by an engraver contracted by Parker Bros... and in my opinion it was not an upgrade done by DelGrego as Robert Runge, although he did some marvelous work, did not do that gun - that's just not his style and an engraver can't entirely work in a different style without leaving some kind of clue.
Incidentally, I'll retract the statement I made earlier about the colors being cyanide colors... on that issue I'm not so sure of.
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