No other markings on the barrels. They are definitely fluid steel of some kind. Obviously no overload proof mark, as there are no chambers. Only marks are the B, 1 1/2, and #3 12 stamps.
The barrels and the rib are both rough with light, almost pebble texture as you would expect from raw unfinished steel.
It does not have the "short rib" that goes for 1-2 inches from the breach and then meets at an angle cut with the rest of the rib. Did Parker continue to make ribs this way or did they change later in production?
Could it be for a Reproduction? I think they were made with a full length rib and a screw-in doll's head. But how would it have gotten to the US unfinished?
A Repro wouldn't fit the story I was told of the original owner having it for 40 years, but without an eye witness it is just a story. All of the stamps look like my original parkers.
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