Okay... I was confused about the price of the ejectors. They were $10.75 in 1909 on Parker DHE 28 gauge with 24" Damascus barrels... not on my Parker 79355 16 gauge Damascus barrels from 1895.
However, I just heard back from Breck on the barrels for 79355 and he sent a picture.
The ejectors were added at Parker Bros. at some point in time but were not mentioned in the letter. You can faintly see evidence that the stop screw hole was filled and smoothed over to what would be invisible except that age has slightly defined the circle where the hole and filling were/are.
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