More help need interpreting Parker records.

[Bill Murphy]

No, I appreciate the depth of this discussion, but Ray's gun is a grade 2 in all aspects except the order book entry. The finished gun is just a change from the original order.

[Mark Conrad]

I have seen this before where a higher grade gun was used to fill an order for a lower grade. Believe the stock book. I suspect the gun was in inventory and instead of building a new gun in a lower grade, they pulled the higher grade gun that was collecting dust. Look at the order date compared to the ship date, it is probably just a few days as compared to several months to build a new gun.

[Ray Masciarella]

Mark, thanks for your thoughts. FYI, the order date was in May but the ship date was in Sep. That seems to indicate that the gun was not in stock.

[Pa SxS]

I don't think Parker would have a stock of 8ga guns on hand. They were special order guns and commanded a $35.00 surcharge over the price of a 10ga. BTW, on the same order, another 8ga gun was ordered.