Vent Ribs?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by J. Scott Hanes

Here are some photos. Made in 1937: 7#, 7oz, 14"LOP, 1-3/8" DAC, 2" DAH, Right brl .012" and Left brl .022" chokes. Silvers pad.

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Nice engraving by Robert P. Runge. His dogs are easily identifyable.




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[Bill Murphy]

I forgot a couple of vent rib Parkers. I have another PHE, bought on this site. It is a horse of a gun, 32" Parker Steel, factory Monte Carlo and a 14 5/8" stock, a nine pounder. I also have a DH, Pennsylvania pigeon gun, built as a 30" solid rib gun, Parker later added a vent rib to the 30", an added set of solid rib 32" Parker Special Steel barrels that appear factory installed. It also has an early Miller trigger. To add to the confusion, Shelly Gitman gave me a set of 26" Titanic Steel barrels bored cylinder and very full, cylinder on the left. A great Columbaire barrel, if I remember to shoot the left barrel first. A gun for all Pennsylvania seasons.

[Researcher]

Remington Arms Co. began offering a vent rib on their Remington Autoloading Shotgun in 1910.

1910 Remington Autoloading Gun Ribs.jpeg

I have never seen one of these barrels with the widely spaced posts.

The next year Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. showed the closely spaced posts we see to the end of production.

1911 - 1912 Ribbed Barrels.jpeg

[J. Scott Hanes]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Nice engraving by Robert P. Runge. His dogs are easily identifyable.




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Thank you, Dean. Can you educate me on the difference between the two Runge's dogs?

[Bill Murphy]

Setter on the left, pointer on the right.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by J. Scott Hanes

Thank you, Dean. Can you educate me on the difference between the two Runge's dogs?

IMHO Scott, Robert P. Was a very good artist. His execution of head, tail, ears, feathers on the legs, tail, ears, neck were nearly perfect but his conception of a dog’s anatomy was severely lacking. Their backs are generally too short with the tail coming out of the back much too far forward. The positioning of the legs in comparison to the body is so wrong with the foreleg on the opposite side sticking out at an awkward angle at if it had been in a kids game of ‘pin the leg on the doggie’…





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[J. Scott Hanes]

Dean, do you have any photos of the two Runge's work to illustrate the difference? I only have one example (the DHE shown) to go by.

[Dean Romig]

Not specifically Scott.
But yours is representative of Robert P.’s engraving.



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[J. Scott Hanes]

Thank you, Dean!

I was hoping the engraving was done by the son. I met him way back in the 1979 when I went to "The Arms" to train on the bench with the gunsmiths before heading out to Field Sales. He was in the Custom Shop one of the days I was there. I also saw him at DelGrego's in 1987 at their old shop. Very nice man.

[Mike of the Mountain]

My favorite Parker to shoot is a 32” straight grip, single-trigger, live bird gun with a high vent rib. Fits like a glove. I’d prefer double-triggers but it came with a Miller-type single.