Unique G Grade Engravings
 

Following are pictures of a 1935 vintage G Grade Parker with VH barrels and unique receiver engravings. It has been suggested that the receiver was engraved and hardened at the Remington shops in NY and then returned to the Parker shops in CT for hard fitting and final assembly? Have never seen nor heard of this before. Have any of you?

Ed, that is common engraving for late G grades and not unique at all. I have seen it said here that G grades all had the same engraving, but that is not so. The more G grades a person sees, the more he will realize that there were several engraving styles and subjects.

The Vulcan barrels on a G raise issues, but those may be factory original to the gun. Late guns departed from the previous Parker norm. I don't know what the gun as a whole is, but late G's are interesting and some great upland game guns were made.

BD: thanks for info. it would be interesting to see pictures of other G Grade engravings. are they in print anywhere? have not found them in common publications.

here are pictures of the only other style of G Grade engravings that I have seen over the years.

The Parker Story


Also, maybe 6-7 years ago I posted photos here of SN 241,600, a nice little 20ga that I recall had engraving about the same as the one you showed, particularly with quail scenes. A missed opportunity.

BD: thanks, will take another look.

Interesting that the gun has the Vulcan barrels - a 1 grade barrel on a higher grade gun.

According to The Parker Story by far the most common barrel for a GH was Parker Special Steel. It doesn't mention any GHs with Vulcan Steel barrels. Does list some with Titanic and Acme - a 2 grade gun with grade 3 or grade 4 barrels. And of course many GHs with Damascus barrels.

The steel barrel (perceived) quality sequence from lowest grade to highest is: Trojan, Vulcan, Parker Special Steel, Titanic, and Acme - correct?

The Parker Story, page 275, has a 1935 gun 237134 that has "PARKER SPEC. STEEL" on the rib.

In the picture of the left side of the frame of the Vulcan GH the barrel does not seem well fit to the frame to me. On the right side the line on the barrel lines up with the line between the ball and the frame. But on the left side it is misaligned. I wonder if the barrels have been retrofitted to that gun after it left the factory? If you look at side pictures of the second GH ed posted in his second post the alignment is good on both sides.

ed do you happen to have a picture of the barrel flats?

deleted. I confused his multiple numbers and listings and it was entirely my error.

To set the record straight, Mr Good did not say this gun was considerably altered. That was another similar G grade, and those are my words based upon his disclosure of sleeved barrels on that different gun. I have nothing bad to say about the G in pictures above, nor would I anyway on a forum if I did see something wrong.

All I can see is that Mr Good presented this gun here in photos and listed it for sale on an internet sales site for those interested.

Thanks Bruce.

After your last post I was able to find the gun on an auction site. It is listed as a GHE/VHE but the Vulcan barrels are stated in that listing to be factory. Could you PM me a link to the listing that says the gun is considerably altered please?

I will PM you a link to the auction listing.

Thanks,

Mike

weren't vulcan barrels used as replacements by Remington

if the barrels are numbered to the gun and have Remington repair codes - it might explain it

of course - a composed gun is also an option

Mike, To set the record straight. Barrel steels were as follows Trojan, Vulcan,Parker Steel(found on P grade steel barreled guns)Parker Special Steel,Titanic,Acme and Peerless. Whitworth Steel was used on high grade pre-WW1 guns also.