Further Art, I don’t think there were any mistakes made in fitting the Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels at all. The mistake, IMO, was in the lack of communication between departments and to the scribes who recorded that info into the books. As I recall, I have never seen a Parker Lifter with Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels whose rib was marked Damascus Steel. If anyone has pictures of such a gun I would love to see it.
There are (and likely were) aficionados of Parker guns who believe Damascus is “prettier” than Laminated Steel and there are/were those who think Laminated Steel is prettier.
We could discuss the “maybe’s” forever but without the actual documentation these are all just opinions… mine included. But more than anything, we must remain open-minded.
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