Have I got it correct on damascus grades???

[Dean Romig]

Craig, the 6-band barrels should have the DD stamp on the right barrel flat.

Is that your BH?

[Craig Larter]

Dean: Yes it is stamped DD and it my BHE.
The other picture in the same post is a GH. After studying the GH picture again it looks like three iron Crolle, I think I can see two full bands and two half bands. Plays tricks on my old eyes. Very interesting. Thanks

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Okay Craig you tricked me also!

I blew up the GH Damascus photos and can now wee 2 + (2) 1/2 bands.

[Dean Romig]

That's right Craig.

[Researcher]

On page 511 of The Parker Story, Figure 12.13 shows the barrel flats of a D-Grade (Quality 3) hammer gun made in 1900, and the right flat is stamped DD.

Did that gun just happen to get a set of barrels for a higher Quality gun? What do we know about #96343? The authors don't explain the DD marking?

[Drew Hause]

Dean: please review https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...4S6OIN1bA/edit which includes an image of your (presumed to be) Parker produced Laminated Steel barrels.
To my knowledge, the only (rather messy 3 Iron) Crolle Damascus barrels made in the U.S. were for Wesson Firearms Co., and by whom is only an educated guess.

[Dean Romig]

Good find Dave! That is six-iron crolle and the first I have ever seen on either a hammer or hammerless below Grade 5. I'd sure like to see the research letter on that serial number.

[Dean Romig]

AHA!! Thank you Drew! That's very informative and there is a picture of Parker 14056 which has Laminated Steel barrels. 14056 is now in my custody, having been a gift to me from Austin only a couple of months before he left us.

The barrel flat has a P as well as a 3 indicating its grade. Also evident in the pictures are both the mismatched tubes as well as the two-section barrel tubes of mismatched patterns. A very interesting Parker to be sure.



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