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Originally Posted by Dylan Rhodes
Thanks Dean, Makes sense. Would the rib roll stamping support that wherever the barrel came from, it was made before the change of the roll stamp in mid 1918’ish?
Edit: I did obtain a research letter. It indicates the gun was manufactured originally with 26” barrels. I’m trying to understand how the current barrels came to be with the correct serial number(is that a thing Parker would do), whether or not that work was done by Parker based off of barrel flat markings, and any approximate timing for their creation based on available markings. I agree, the exact origins of how we went from 26-28 is fun speculation at best. I probably should have been more clear on my ask.
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Sure, either the barrels or just the rib were/was made before the roll stamp change.
The order book and the stock book don’t always agree.
I have a DHE 28 gauge where one book (and the Serialization book as well) says it was made with 28” Titanic Steel barrels and the other book shows it having been made with 24” Damascus barrels.
Today the gun sports 24” Damascus barrels.
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