G grade 12 garage markings

[bob lyons]

Hoping someone could explain the markings on this G grade. The serial number is in the 190,000 range.

[Jerry Harlow]

Does the top rib read Parker Steel?

[Brian Dudley]

What are you wondering about? I dont see anything out of the ordinary.

[Jones Cahill]

Parker Steel Bbls, 3 lbs 10oz unstruck bbl wgt., 12 ga. No. 1 frame, Jim Geary bbl inspection

[bob lyons]

I wanted to know what the PS and the HT over the A meant
And the 55 means
I tried to post the photo of the top rib but could not load it
Says “Parker Bros Makers Meriden CT USA Spec. steel”

[Bill Murphy]

The marking is "Parker Spec Steel", not Parker Steel. The PS means Parker Special.

[Jerry Harlow]

The marking is "Parker Spec Steel", not Parker Steel. The PS means Parker Special.

You know what I meant. I was going to ask how you knew P.S. stood for Parker Special instead of Parker Steel since it is not marked PSS but then I remembered you were around and there when they stamped it and they told you that.

[Dean Romig]

No Parker barrel flats are stamped with a letter indicating the word “Steel” - Not Damascus Steel, Bernard Steel, Twist Steel, Vulcan Steel, Parker Steel, Parker Special Steel, Titanic Steel, Acme Steel, Peerless Steel, Whitworth Steel…





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[Dave Noreen]

There are several guesses as to the HT over A -- Heat Treated Annealed -- High Tensile Alloy -- etc. I have no idea what the 55 means, but I have a gun with a 153 in that area, and have recorded several guns with a one-, two- or three-digit number in that area.

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