Thanks John.

My goodness... The aftermarket barrels also appear to have been sleeved.




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Correct

Let me just say , if you get a vent rib gun and shoot it well , DO NOT put a price on it if someone asks what’ll you’ll take :banghead:

I have two that I use for doubles trap.

Oh I was pretty sure you had more than one . I was speaking of my own recent mistake of putting a price on the one I had .

Bad move

I should have clarified my response by saying after original production, then being returned for a Parker vent rib addition; like what was being discussed.
I do have one of those transitional guns like Reggie was showing, which was made in 1934, just after Remington took over. It does have the sharper V and the inscription on the top of the rib. At first I thought it might be one of the guns returned for a vent rib because it has so many codes on the barrel flats, but the book has it as a 23 extra code, so it had it when it left the factory. So, some of this other stuff was probably done later like the "no safety", large forend and single trigger. Choked skeet/skeet, but not marked that way on the barrel flats. Just a VH 12 gauge.

I think I have posted about this a time or two. When I first got into Parkers around 10 years ago, Puglisi had a Damascus GH with a Damascus Vent Rib. I didn't know enough about Parkers then, and certainly couldn't tell if it was original. added latter at the factory, or aftermarket...but I should have bought that gun and would if I ever saw it again.

I have saved some pictures of 198678, a DHE 12-gauge, 2-frame, with a vent rib nicely engraved with the Parker legend, the reinforced forearm loop, but the frame has the concave area for the dolls head. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the ramp.

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Does the serialization book show it started life as a vent rib gun?

A gun like Dave's will have a concave doll's head, just like a normal solid rib gun. By the way, I own the Damascus GH that Jay Oliver mentions. It is truly a rare gun, Damascus barrels and Damascus vent rib. Neat gun. Original Parker retrofit with concave doll's head.