I know nothing about Smith barrels but the Smiths pictured are damascus barrels and showed no evidence of having been blued, as bluing is done on fluid steel barrels. They are in for damascus re-browning. Certainly fluid steel doubles must be cold blued.....its not really cold, just not hot enough for the temperatures to melt barrel solder.
I know a little bit about Parkers and if I saw that on a gun I owned I would have the ribs removed and any rust between the barrels cleaned out and stopped. But, I am aware that frequently guns are refreshed for sale and loose ribs just soldered down or glued without removal and cleaning. With that, I am close to the end of my knowledge.
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