Dean, I may be out on a limb here, but I thought I understood that the grade letter and number are usually below and above the serial number midway between the front and the rear of the right barrel flat and the D without or with a 2 or 3 directly above it positioned close to the front of the right barrel flat is a designation for "damascus" and the 2 or 3 numeral is an indication of damascus quality not gun grade. All my Parkers are 2 or G grade guns and they variously exhibit D and a D with a 2 or 3 directly above. At present I have two barrels in for black and white refinishing, one marked with a D2 and one with a D3 and I'm really looking forward to seeing the the difference in patterns when completed. My bet is that the gun in question is a G with a better quality damascus set of barrels.
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Bob Roberts
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