Jay is correct. However, I don't believe anyone back in the fifties through the seventies was mislead by those amateurish attempts to fake Damascus guns. There were even more uninformed and undereducated gunsmiths out there in those days than there are now, if you can believe that. I watched collectors who should have known better, cannibalize high grade Parkers by the dozens. Why, you may ask. Well, a Damascus AH grade gun in average condition was worth about $175. If someone thought the same gun could be safely shot, it was a $200 gun. If the same situation existed in DH grade guns, the figures were about $100 and $150. A properly sleeved and marked Lefever Arms Company job of Parker sleeving is the only legitimate "fake job" of the sixties other than some UK and Belgian sleeve jobs. Most guns with faked up ribs were not sleeved at all. They were just blued very dark and sold as fluid steel guns. It was a black day in shotgun collecting and we are still sorting out the residue of faked up guns today.
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