I've had a chance to look the gun over now. Overall I'm very pleased with it. Dean is correct in that the stock has been shortened by 1/2" & is now 13 1/4" LOP. With a slip-on pad I'll be able to shoot it just fine.
The barrels measure 27" dead on the money & are definitely Laminated rather than the standard Damascus found on grade-2 guns. The top rib is marked Damascus steel & the stamp on the barrel flats is a "D" rather than an "L" as speculated. I talked to Brad Bachelder about this and he said he has seen one other set of Parker laminated barrels marked as this gun is.
It does have one small dent in the left barrel. I will be sending it off to Brad to have the dent removed, a good cleaning done & the scratches in the stock finish taken care of.
It's a sweet gun that weigh's in at 6lb 13oz with .018" constrictions in each bore.
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