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Milton C Starr
05-15-2021, 02:07 PM
Got my research letter in today , I was actually able to find out a good bit on Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co . My main question though is what does it mean
"1-EXT for 25357 gun" ?
Jim DiSpagno
05-15-2021, 02:29 PM
Maybe because around that serials ess no barrel or dolls head number extension and they wanted one. JMHO
Mills Morrison
05-15-2021, 02:44 PM
I have a few from Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett. They were a big sporting goods store.
Milton C Starr
05-15-2021, 03:58 PM
I have a few from Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett. They were a big sporting goods store.

They must have been pretty decent in size as its still easy to find their merchandise for sale online .


If the 1 Ext part is about a dolls head then Parker never fulfilled that request as it doesn't have one . The weight surprised me I had figured it was a few ounces lighter . The turn around time was quick also on getting my letter .
Chuck Bishop
05-15-2021, 05:24 PM
I wondered the same thing. I just write what is found in the order.
Milton C Starr
05-15-2021, 05:30 PM
I wondered the same thing. I just write what is found in the order.

I also wondered since it says no price was listed is because Parker decided against modifying it for a dolls head . I have seen some pictures of guns with the dolls head having been removed and the action filled in but not the opposite.
Dean Romig
05-15-2021, 05:43 PM
The first Parker produced with the doll's head was No. 25992 so I don't think the "1-Ext for 25357" had anything to do with a doll's head rib extension.





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Milton C Starr
05-15-2021, 05:49 PM
The first Parker produced with the doll's head was No. 25992 so I don't think the "1-Ext for 25357" had anything to do with a doll's head rib extension.





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I suppose it will have to remain a mystery then .
Alot of times these old guns like to keep their secrets .
Dave Noreen
05-15-2021, 05:56 PM
Reading the letter, I immediately thought J.J. Progue was ordering an extractor for gun number 25357.
Dean Romig
05-15-2021, 06:00 PM
Reading the letter, I immediately thought J.J. Progue was ordering an extractor for gun number 25357.


Sure! 17 years after production that makes sense.




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Daniel Carter
05-15-2021, 10:01 PM
Extractor repair is also a possibility. Could it have been sent back for the repair and Parker did it at no charge?