Thanks to all who have posted thus far. Eightbore, I took your advice and searched 'Linder' on this forum. I learned 'Linder and Lindner' are easily confused. I caught a posting from 2009 about original barrel colors. 17 pages worth. Thank to all who contributed on that thread. I found it most entertaining to read. ellenbr ( raimey ), man you are a walking encyclopedia on proofs and letter markings on barrels. Thank you for your contributions to this doublegun forum. As I read through all those pages, I was a little disheartened to learn that no one knows who "LE" was b/c that's the initials on my barrels.
In my previous post, I mentioned the barrels. Well, some ding-dong who had the gun before me blued the barrels. They completely covered over the damascus pattern. It looks like it was blued about 3 or 4 times. Man is it thick. I could still make out the top rib inscriptions though. That's how I was able to post the info. in the original posting. I only hope that a good barrel re-finisher can get rid of the blue and bring out the damascus pattern again. I hope there's pattern left. Inside the bores are fine. The barrels also rang like a church bell, both barrels, up and down. So I hope the ribs are still okay. So be forewarned, in the upcoming pics. when I get home, the barrels will be uuuuuugly. but they will be attended to in short order. Next time I post on this thread will be when you guys see pictures.
thanks for the replies, and knowledge exchanged.
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