Damascus Vent Rib

[C.O.B.]

Dean while I have several vent rib Parkers none are Damascus. Pack Puglisi had a DH/DHE I don't remember which several years ago and that's the only Damascus vent rib gun I have ever seen. I thought the addition of the vent rib came long after fluid steel barrels were the norm.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

I thought the addition of the vent rib came long after fluid steel barrels were the norm.

You're right Rich. A few must have gone back to have ventilated ribs retrofitted on composite barreled guns.

[Drew Hause]

When did Parker Bros. first catalog a Ventilated Rib on a double?

Hunter Arms introduced the Double Barrel Trap gun in 1920, and the 'Trap Package' included a flat beavertail forend (Schnabel forend available in 1922) with the reinforced barrel lug, Automatic Ejectors, Hunter One-Trigger, standard recoil pad, and two ivory sights. The ventilated rib on the Double Barrel Trap was introduced in 1925.



Francotte (imported by Von Lengerke & Detmold) and Greener Single Barrel Trap guns were introduced in 1895 I believe with ventilated ribs. Lefever introduced a SBT with a solid rib in 1905, but Baker was the first major U.S. maker to offer a ventilated rib on their SBT in 1909.

The Prechtel SBT first appeared at the Cleveland Cartridge & Target Co. tournament in Cleveland, Ohio June 1897