A new (to me) gun.

[Dean Romig]

Bernard Steel is a style of composite barrels while Damascus is another style. Bernard barrels were made in Paris France and roughly only about 300 Parkers were ever made using Bernard barrels. I believe there was only one grade 3 and only about a half-dozen grade 5 Parkers made with Bernard barrels - the rest of them were grade 4 or C.

On the bottom of the locking (rearmost) lug under the barrels is where the frame size was normally stamped. A twelve gauge from the time period in which yours was made would have been a 1 frame or a 1 1/2, or a 2 and rarely a 3.