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Unread 11-28-2019, 12:55 PM   #11
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Here's a DHE 28/.410 set. The .410 bbls. also have the Parker Gun Works proof stamp, the 28-ga. set has the customarily seen Parker Reproduction stampings. This gun is bone charcoal casecolored and is in a case with a non-original trade label. When was the last time you saw a 28-ga. Parker Repro w/28" bbls. factory choked IC/M?

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/...ntoryid=445118
Someone got a deal on that one.
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Here's a DHE 28/.410 set. The .410 bbls. also have the Parker Gun Works proof stamp, the 28-ga. set has the customarily seen Parker Reproduction stampings. This gun is bone charcoal casecolored and is in a case with a non-original trade label. When was the last time you saw a 28-ga. Parker Repro w/28" bbls. factory choked IC/M?

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/...ntoryid=445118
I just knew it was too good to be true . . . so I went back to the Morphy link and double-checked the length of the 28-ga. barrels. They are 26" long, not 28".
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Gentleman,
When I bought my Blaser F-3 Sporting Clays Shotgun from Chris at Clay Target Sports in Princeton , NJ last year, I had a long discussion with him regarding the Parker repros', because I was looking for some parts. He told me that his shop had made the barrels for the last runs of reproductions when production stopped in Japan.
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John— Chris never made any Parker repro barrels, but he did warranty work for the Skeuse’s, especially correcting doubling issues on the single trigger examples. I do recall him having a number of Krieghoff made 16 ga. Repro barrel sets. Prior to having his own shop, he was head gunsmith at Krieghoff International in Ottsville, Pa. Those barrels are long gone and he has no other Parker parts.
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Greg, the Morphy ad described 28" .410 barrels, not 28 gauge.
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Art Wheaton had two of these prototype Parker reintroductions and donated both of them to the NRA Museum in Fairfax. They were both on display there if anyone is interested, though I don’t know if they’re still on display.


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Remington advertised them in the 1988 catalog. And took orders/deposits on them. But they were never filled and they were eventually canceled/refunded. I believe only a couple guns were actually built. Parts were made. Kohler was contracted to make the frames and and other various parts. Others would know more about the actual details of it all. Hell, I was in Elementary school at the time! Don't tell anyone.

I am pretty sure that the gun used for the catalog and advertising was just a refinished original gun done by the custom shop.

This stamp and drawing came from a retiree of Remington


I too would be interested to see those barrels posted about in more detail.
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Greg, the Morphy ad described 28" .410 barrels, not 28 gauge.
Yes, I know that Bill and that’s why I corrected myself in post #12 to this thread above.
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The parts for the 1988 reintroductions were in wooden boxes in the Remington Archives. I took pictures of them in 1998 when the PGCA Research Committee was at the "Arms" to copy the Parker records. I think our photos were posted on this site a few years ago. I don't know how to find those photos but someone may repost them. I have prints that I had made from my camera. Don Mainland from Kolar had the expertise to make the barrels, but, apparently, someone at Remington volunteered to take on the barrel project. Except for the prototypes, the barrels never got made. I never saw the Art Wheaton prototypes, but the raffle gun was shown at Pintail Point at the Vintagers. I wonder who owns it now? As I previously posted, the catalog pictures were of Ritchie Wingle's AHE 20 gauge. At that time, a prototype had not been completed.
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I have pictures of the Parker Reintroduction prototypes from the NRA museum display and the highly engraved one we saw at Pintail Point. I’ll post those pics Saturday night if I remember to.






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