Delgrego Restock?

[edgarspencer]

Steve, I'm not sure any conclusions can be drawn from either the presence or absence of the circled LDG stamp. It IS present on a Runge / DelGrego upgraded gun I have but few have ever seen it and have guns from his shop. It may simply be a stamp he had made, used randomly, and then just stopped using it.

[Joe D.]

I have a VH which has the LDG in a circle on the barrel flats. I called Mr. Del Grego about a year ago and asked if it is their mark. He said that his father marked the barrels that he bought from Remington with that stamp. He said that my gun was restored with this barrel from their stock.
It may be that he also marked stocks the same way to identify those which he purchased from Remington.

[edgarspencer]

Joe, That's interesting that Larry told you that. My gun was made well before Remington owned the Parker name. It was originally a VHE 28 gauge, with 30" barrels. It was upgraded by them, and engraved by Robert 'Bob' Runge to a CHE, so I seriously doubt they were barrels they bought from Remington (they have the stamped legend as would be correct for a Meriden gun). The gun was originally straight stocked, but the present straight stock is of DelGrego origin, and is stamped in the tang channel, LDG '60 (the year may not be correct, I'm going from memory, from what Brian Dudley told me).

[Steve Hodges]

Today I was able to post a picture of the stock markings and the barrel flats.

[Joe D.]

Was trying to upload pictures of my gun. Don't see them, though. OK, now I do......