This was a no brainer to tell they are Damascus. I thought they were going to be polished silver, which is harder to tell and takes a more practiced eye. Brad is one of the two or three gunsmiths that does a lot of this work and has the unhesitating recommendation of many experienced Parker collectors here. I greatly admire Brad's work. And Dale Edmonds is close by and I think he has done nice work also.
The following photo is of matched and consistent coarse or D Damascus on a G a few years earlier than your gun. Your Damascus pattern hopefully looks like this under the rust browning. These barrels are original with some age patina, the blackish color of your barrels generally occurs from unprotected exposure to humidity. If that is bluing on yours, it would raise concerns for me, but you will not know until stripped and re-browned to see what you have.
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