I once counted the number of grades listed in the Serialization book that included the L designation (e.g. L4 or L3 or L5 and so on) covering the three-year period encompassing the manufacture of Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels, 1877-1879 and for a couple of years following 1879, and came up with something like 300+ guns manufactured. Certainly it is unknown if these “L” guns actually had Parker-made barrels, or if they were rough tubes sourced in England or Belgium, but I think we can safely presume the vast majority were. I counted two L2 guns and similarly few L6 guns, the majority being L3 through L5.
This doesn’t answer the question asked and certainly there likely will never be an accurate count.
The Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels will always be an interesting subject and will always be high on the collectibility scale.
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Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
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George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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