The vent rib pictured appears to be original.
Quote: Kevin McCormack - "There are a very few guns made as prototype vent rib guns as early as 1915. I believe someone wrote an article for the Double Gun Journal years ago featuring a high grade gun that had a very unusual "rippled" trigger guard bent to match the contours of the hand and fingers, and also a vent rib. I don't remember the SN of the gun nor the issue of DGJ that it appeared in."
The gun referenced is John Dunkle's Great(?) Grandfather's AAHE double trap and if I am not mistaken, is the first AAHE and quite possibly the first Parker with a vent rib and is certainly the ONLY Parker with that unique grip.
BTW, for those who don't know these gentlemen, The guy on the left in the white shirt is our good friend and PGCA web administrator, John Dunkle and the gentleman on the right is our very good friend Charles A. "Charlie" Herzog, Sr.
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