John, I do not know if the BHE .410 in Baer's book is "righteous" or not. Documenting it would be an interesting piece of detective work. I spoke to him years ago tracking down the fate of Edwin Hedderly's two A-1 Specials, but we never got into a discussion of the BHE .410.

The BHE .410 I got to see in the Safari Room of the sporting goods section of Frederick & Nelson department store in downtown Seattle when I was a college student had a vent rib and as I recall quite long barrels. It wasn't for sale there. The owner (?) was showing it off to Mr. Tibbitts the manager.

Were folks already upgrading Parker .410s by the 1966-8 time frame? Unfortunately that was 35-40 years before I was writing down serial numbers and specifications. Sure wish I'd have had a cell phone with a camera that day!!

There are (publicly unsubstantiated) rumors of higher grade long-barreled Parker .410’s from the late Remington era having been sent to the West Coast, a pair of them having gone to a couple of brothers who are likely no longer with us today.





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Summer 2017 Volume 24 Issue 2 page 4. BHE 410 32" vent rib. It is in the display. It is real. May not have records records but it was there.

Thanks Jimmy - I just looked at it in my Parker Pages Digital Archives.





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Thanks James. That top gun in the picture of Bill with his collection must be the one I saw in Seattle over 50 years ago. Sure would like to see some more/better pictures of that gun!!

Et tu, Mr. Mullins?

The BHE-Grade .410-bore pictured on pages 306 and 307 of The Parker Story is stated to be 241788 and is shown with a slim forearm. But 241788 is shown in the .410-bore tables, page 1009 as a DHE-Grade with an extras code of 16 which is "Large Forearm"?!?

And the IBM card on 241788 might not confirm much at all about its features.





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Applying what is left of my imagery analysis skills for about an hour with a magnifying glass, I'm 98% sure that the .410-bore BHE-Grade shown on pages 85 and 86 of Larry Baer's combined book with 241788 on pages 306 and 307 of The Parker Story are the same gun. Larry indicates the BHE-Grade .410-bore pictured in his book is Emil Linder's gun.