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Originally Posted by Richard Anderson
I have a GH 16 O frame that has two distinct damascuss patterns between the barrels. this difference doesn't seem to occur in the Bernard barrels. Another one for the Hmmm file.
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Rich, I'm no Parker expert, but after seeing and looking closely at least a minimum of a thousand Parker damascus barrels, it seems to me that the higher the grade of the gun, the more closely matched are the two barrels in the set and the fewer the short run damascus segments in a given barrel. Bernards are consistant, as are croille damascus in C's and above. The most mismatched are Parker's low end damascus, the G grade. However, even in G's, some are very well matched barrel to barrel and within each barrel. I think the differences are entirely cosmetic and don't have any effect on strength.
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