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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
Given the period this gun was made, I could imagine there being a good amount of variation in details like this from grade to grade at times.
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Agreed. There were no specific grades at the time, (pre-1882) and few defining features - just "dollar grades", and if a customer wished to spend more money he would get more embellishments. There are several features on this gun which tend to defy 'grade' identification but which support the 'dollar' theory of embellishments.
According to
The Parker Story and the Ser. & ID Book, the
U stamped on the water table is "not understood", but it does not represent a grade.... it might even represent "Underlifter" for all we know.
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