Thanks Dean....:)

class. CLASS. CLASS. Sr. Mary E.

Is that from the "Firesign Theater"???

...as in Porgy Tirebiter..... OMG, I'm dating (and pigeon-holing) myself :shock:

Sister Mary Elephant....:cool:

Dean, did you refer to the 2010 thread that one poster mentioned? I seem to recall that some previous research pointed to some composite barrels that were actually forged at Parker Brothers. Do you suspect that the P mark is used on those Parker manufactured composite barrels?

Correct me if I'm wrong, Perfesser, but none of those in the bible appear to be what you are referring to in your quest for knowledge.

In response to Bill's question - Yes, that is my suspicion and I'm trying to get enough data on these guns to be able to nail it down to it being a very high probability that Parker Bros., in fact, manufactured the composite barrels with the P stamped on the right barrel flat without a circle around it, or crescents, or a diamond... just a P by itself.

In response to Edgar's question - Correct, the P by itself without any other mark surrounding it does not appear on that table on page 581 in Volume II of The Parker Story.... or anywhere else that I can find.

Dean, Dave, Here's a pic of the flats of 206850. Definitely 2(G) grade. I have not seen Rem codes like this before; they were smaller font and up close to the lug.

Thanks Fred. That is how my GHE is marked also.

We more often see the Remington codes closer to the lug but that's a good reference picture.

Thanks, Dean

The location of the Remington stamp may be due to the fact that it was done post-WWII (1953) and the previous location of stamping may have been lost during, or because of the war effort.