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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
Dean, even though the pictured gun is not highly decorated, it would be higher than a Grade 2 in some eras. Very early guns were sparcely engraved compared to later ones. OOPS, misread the serial number and deleted my incorrect statement.
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I did read your original post Bill, and you are correct, early Parkers are often difficult to assign number grade or dollar grade to. In the later numbered/lettered grades the Grade 2 is the lowest grade to have Damascus barrels but in the earlier dollar grade era Damascus barrels are seen on lower grades. One needs to take into account the barrel steel, level of engraving, checkering patterns, sculpting of fences, among other features to make an educated attempt at assigning grade.
I'm going to take another look at the pictures I took of the John Hanson gun this evening and take a look at it in TPS to see if any of the authors assigned a grade to it.
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