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Unread 04-16-2026, 09:51 PM   #1
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There was no information at all about it at the Buffalo Bill Museum... not even a serial number.





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serial number of my cape gun:127,995
V grade, 24 in barrel Parker Bros On top rib
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Remington Arms Co. offered the rifle barrel insert for shotguns. From the 1901 Remington Arms Co. catalog --

Auxiliary Rifle Barrel 1901 Catalogue.jpg

E. Remington & Sons actually made double rifles and cape guns on their Whitmore lifter doubles.
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127,995 was a 28" 16 gauge, according to the Serialization Book.
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Nothing in the records for a rifled barrel, just a VH 16/28" barrels and CPG.
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Sorry Dave, I couldn't see the serial number on the gun or on the description plaques... and I never thought to ask museum personnel.





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