Parker Reproduction "Production Chart"

[Wild Skies]

In conjunction with the above BHE 28/.410 bi-gauge sets Robin Hollow has also recently listed two Parker Reproduction A-1 Special 28/28/.410 3-barrel sets, S/N 28-036 and 28-047. There hadn't been any listed in the old production chart. Any 3-barrel set is an extremely rare bird, here are two of them:

[Dean Romig]

I agree Greg and if anyone has more information on the Skeuse Parker Reproduction project than you do it’s got to be someone named Skeuse or someone who worked with or for Tom Skeuse.





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[SXS OHIO]

I have owned six DHE 410/28 sets, still own 2 sets. They are OO frame 28ga guns with 28ga barrels marked OO, the 410-barrel sets are stamped OOOO. Two of the sets I have owned, the 410 barrels had the same SN stamped on them as the 28-gauge frame, the other 410 sets did not have a SN on the barrels and were most likely added at the very end of production to existing 28-gauge guns. Also, none of my 410-barrel sets had a SN stamped into the for-end Irion. If the factory would not have suddenly closed, I think this would not have happened. I think the factory miss marked these 410/28 combo barrels due in part to the mini 410 stand-alone gun that was to be a true OOOO frame. There is just not enough info on that subject, and I have never laid eyes on a OOOO frame. I think the 410-barrel sets should only have OO stamped on them and there would be no confusion about the frame size. SXS Ohio

[Bob Jurewicz]

I sent John Dunkle a PM requesting the above mentioned action.
Bob Jurewicz

[Mike of the Mountain]

I must say, this is nothing that would even be on my radar as I'm not a numbers guy, but seeing the passion in your posts and the desire to find the exact numbers behind the repro guns is truly heart warming! Nice to see you guys getting the ball rolling on this project, I hope enough collectors chime in and add to the list and that someone who was close to the Skeuse project might even be able to shed more light on the numbers and keep "matriculating the ball down the field". This might even make a neat Parker Pages article, "The Quest for the Repros". Just sayin'.

[Bob Jurewicz]

It would be nice if thru this thread we could also unravel the mystery of the "P Guns", those with serial numbers prefaced with the capital P. Maybe in addition to the information requested by Greg we could ask members who own such guns to contribute info on their characteristics.
I own P-00415 it is a 20 GA DT, PG/SPLT with 14 15/16" LOP and two (2) sets of 16 GA barrels all housed in an original Repro Leather 3 barrel case and cover.
Bob Jurewicz

[Bill Murphy]

I would like to see some owners of #0000 frame .410s to come forward with their serial numbers.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I would like to see some owners of #0000 frame .410s to come forward with their serial numbers.

If what David Trevallion reported in his featured article "A Parker Repro Collection - A visual feast of rare smallbores" that appeared in the Jan/Feb 2021 issue of SSM is accurate, one collector (I think we all have a pretty good idea who that is) owns 11 of the reported 41 .410 Parker Repro smallbores ever made. If this one collector came forward with serial numbers of his 0000-frame .410 collection, it would go a long way in answering your request.

[Bill Murphy]

I would assume there are many DHE 00 frames with 28 and .410 barrels with the .410 barrels installed later. Maybe all such sets have .410 barrels installed later. My assumption is that many of the total 28 gauge production was before the first .410 barrel set was made. Only Mr. Skeuse could tell us how far along 28 gauge production was before .410 barrels started to become available. If we knew that number, we could at least guess whether a gun was an original 28-.410 set and which ones had retrofit .410 barrels.

[Dollar]

And the price they're asking is on par with an original