C-Man:
You posted,"These were not, I believe, one-off custom ordered guns. So the likelyhood that Daly ordered them with a 'lower grade' barrel set struck me as strange."
I can agree with only part of this statement.
We see many Lindner Dalys that just might have been special ordered for a particular buyer.
I agree that most were probably built to certain required specs but some are more than ordinary and seem to be individual.
Best,
John

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