Without knowing the serial number one indicator about date of manufacture would be that the gun has "Parker Bros" on the frame sides and not "Parker" the bottom of the frame.

Exactly. Which is why I ask that question.

Aw, Mark. Speculation is half the fun of these forms. Where else can people know know very little but what's in front of them have the power to speak to the masses. Everyone's an expert on the Internet.:rotf:

Okay, I think that I understand…

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The owner will not provide the serial number or range of serial numbers. Just got a PM from him on the original forum he had it listed on. He said a little mystery in life is good. :(

Ah, a comedian with a broken Parker. I have a few minty Parkers, both Remington and Parker Brothers and this gun does not look like any of them. It does look like later DelGrego colors, but it also looks like others I have seen, not DelGrego.

There is no mystery. The colors are not original.
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