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The Damascus barrels on the EE-Grade Remington you show in your Damascus picture trail is the pattern they called "Peiper P". The BE-Grade you show appears to me to have the "Oxford 4.S.J." barrels. The Remington Arms Co. catalogues are pretty oblique about the Damascus on their hammerless doubles --

KD-/KED-Grade -- Damascus

A-/AE-Grade -- Two-stripe Damascus

B-/BE-Grade -- Three-stripe Damascus, some mid-period catalogues say Fine three-stripe Damascus

C-/CE-Grade -- Finer Damascus

D-/DE-Grade -- Very fine Damascus, later catalogues say Extra fine Damscus

E-/EE-Grade -- Finest Damascus

Last edited by Researcher; 05/11/07 11:40 AM.