You would do well to get a research letter on the serial number on the frame. It may have been sent back to Parker Bros. To have the Damascus barrels replaced with fluid steel barrels. The ammo companies and gun manufacturers put a big scare into a lot of folks when nitro powders first came out, saying that Damascus barrels were unsafe to shoot with the same loading recipes used for BP and bulk smokeless. Vulcan Steel barrels were the least expensive replacement barrels.
They may not have been factory replacements on yours but if they were, your gun will retain it’s value.
The stock however, is a non-factory replacement and that sheds a questionable light on the barrels being a factory replacement.
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