More progress once again thanks to Steve Culver
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/...=309112&page=4
Tom Carter sent me images of this very interesting 1881 Grade 5 Lifter. It was ordered as a "Donation to N.Y.S.A., Special Prize 1881 N.Y.S.A., For Protection of Fish & Game" The Charles Parker Co., N.Y. did not bill for the $225 cost of the gun.
It has the
only 6 Iron Turkish barrels I've seen on a lifter.
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19406549
The barrels have a number of decarburization flaws and I suspect Parker used known cosmetically inferior tubes for a 'give away' gun
Here's a GH D3 barrel refinished by Tom Flanigan
Smudges Explained
Threaded Mode