Latest Set of Damascus Barrels

[Channing Will]

Recently came across a very late set of 12ga #1 frame damascus barrels for gun number 241181. The book says the gun was a V grade with 32" barrels, I only have these 28" damascus ejector barrels and not the rest of the gun. Looks like they were originally meant to be extractor barrels, which I could see Remington converting them if that was all they had on hand. The short rib/ejector style dolls head also looks original. There is no Remington Overload Proof mark.

Did Remington mark late damascus barrels with the overload proof?

https://i.postimg.cc/MKh1yxMB/PARKER-241181-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/3dFyTsZr)

https://i.postimg.cc/7YCgGb6D/PARKER-241181-3.jpg (https://postimg.cc/MvScg6Vr)

[Dean Romig]

Are there any Remington codes stamped on the left barrel flat close to the lug?






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[Chuck Bishop]

Looks like this gun was a Parker Double Barrel Trap Gun, VHE, 12ga, BTF, ST, vent rib, with 32" Remington fluid steel or Vulcan steel barrels. Strange that Damascus barrels would be added at such a late date. Unfortunately the Remington IBM card entries don't give a whole lot of extra information.

[Bill Murphy]

Will the OP please answer Dean's question with a picture?

[Chuck Bishop]

Come on Bill, your asking the OP to post a picture, something that you have never done on this site!

[Steve Huffman]

How are these barrels choked? That 8 in the serial number looks kinda strange could it be a 3 book has 241131 as D H 2 C 12 30". Have these barrels been cut? Does it have a reinforced barrel lug?

[Channing Will]

Are there any Remington codes stamped on the left barrel flat close to the lug?


https://i.ibb.co/0RcFSKMJ/IMG-0693.jpg (https://ibb.co/Rk9BmN0H)

The only marking looks to be a faint patent stamp

[Dean Romig]

And the + stamps. Thanks Channing.





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[Harold Lee Pickens]

Yes, the Overload Proofed stamp was on some of the last Damascus barrels. The beautiful DH12 that was in my safe for the past year and recently sold by Josh is an example.

[Dave Noreen]

It looks to me like those barrels started life as extractor barrels by the plugged screw hole in the middle of the lug. Quite a project to change or modify the rib extension from an extractor style to an ejector style!

I doubt Remington Arms Co. Inc. would have had anything to do with fitting a set of Damascus barrels to a gun in that late time frame.

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I checked and I have pictures of 241182 in my files, a 16-gauge, 1-frame, VHE, with a December 1938 date code on the left barrel flat.

[Dave Noreen]

Yes, the Overload Proofed stamp was on some of the last Damascus barrels. The beautiful DH12 that was in my safe for the past year and recently sold by Josh is an example.

The PARKER BROS. OVERLOAD PROVED stamp is found oa a few Damascus barrels --

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I've never seen Remington's PARKER GUN WORKS OVERLOAD PROVED stamp on a Damascus barrel.

[Dave Noreen]

Just for reference, here are a few of Remington steel barrel rebarrels of Twist/Damascus guns from the 1890s. A 0-frame Quality PH that got a set of Vulcan Steel barrels in 1936 --

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Here is a Quality BH, that got steel barrels, ejectors and a single selective trigger with 1937 and 1940 date codes --

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A Quality GH that got steel barrels in 1940 --

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