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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley (Post 132939)

I still cannot figure fully why Hayes used a separate piece in the barrel lug for the check hook on his second prototyle instead of an intigrated hook like the hammer guns.

I think because it was a 'prototype' made from available parts that could be modified easily and cheaply until (and if) the design was adopted.

Hayes very crude 1910 prototype (pictured in TPS), used a check hook lug removed from a hammer gun. It was soldered onto the lug of the DH that was used to make the Prototype. I was able to personally inspect this gun as well when I was doing all my research.

An A&D type of cocking mechanism coupled with the three lug barrel stop would have made the Parker easier and cheaper to manufacture and less prone to malfunction. Oh, well.

Here ya go Bill. I will leave it up to you to label these great pictures.

Wow! What I wouldn't give to have been a part of that team!!

What's with the fist fulls of frames and straight grip guards?

Brian, those are parts from the original Remington program to ressurect the Parker gun in the 1980s. When I was there inthe early 90s the had crates of parts. I wonder if they still have them.

I am sure they have the parts. Just likely not any of the same people that were there at that time.
I know it took me a while to find out who I had to talk to about going in there to inspect Trojan 226709.

I will try to label the pictures, left to right, from the top.

1. Frank Sweeney rooting through the box of Kolar made parts for the planned Parker reintroduction.

2. Swanson and McCormack in the Archives.

3. Mark Conrad and Kevin McCormack

4. Conrad and Murphy examining the Trojan Skeet

5. Murphy with the prototype Remington Model 1100 Trench Gun

6. Swanson, Dennis Sanita, our host, Murphy, and Ron Kirby, our leader, with the Trojan Skeet

7. The sign in the parking lot of the Arms welcoming the PGCA Research Team

8. Al Swanson at the copier

9. Stock books in the rack

10. Same as #6

11. Order books in the rack

12. Jim Hall, Conrad, Swanson, Sweeney

13. A 1972 shot by my Dad in DelGrego's original shop

14. 1972, Babe DelGrego striking barrels, shot by my Dad

15. Larry DelGrego Sr. holding my GHE Damascus 16 gauge, 1972

16. Dr. Dave Rozier, Swanson, Murphy

17. Murphy and the Trojan Skeet

18. Murphy with the Kolar parts

19. Murphy rooting in the Kolar box

20. Murphy with the makings of his four gun set of Parkers.

I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we enjoyed our week in the Arms.

And now I wonder what is going to happen to the Museum now that Remington is moving out of the State of NY... Is all of this just going to go into storage never to be seen again... Sure got to to thank the Gov. of NY for pushing Remington out of the state.:cuss: