A question for Chuck Bishop re:242357
 

Chuck--this site suggests records are available for a factory letter regarding serial number 242357. Looking through my Parker references indicates that there are no records for guns past serial number 241622 or thereabouts. If you can confirm that records exist, I'll get my research form and fee to you right away. Thank you. Bill D.

Possibly a surviving IBM card.

Hi Bill,

That's a good question. Parker and Remington Parker kept three types of records we can base research letters on plus work order tags that the PGCA owns. 242357 is a very late Remington Parker and you are also correct that the IBM card info stopped in the mid 241xxx range. So where did the info on 242357 come from? The PGCA has copies of internal Remington documents detailing those guns that are in house for reconditioning and orders that are taken but not released. Your gun is on the "Wharehouse stock April 18, 1942 of items ordered but not released." It lists 33 guns with information similar to what you would find if we just had stock book information from the Parker Meriden days.

When the Research Letter search function found on our web site was developed, they included serial numbers found in the order books, the stock books, the IBM cards, the available work order tags, and the internal documents from Remington. Any research letter could be compiled from one or more of these documents.

OK--My check is in the mail! Thank you.

This is a timely question. My editor and I were just discussing an article I want to do that I have entitled "The Bitter End". The title comes from Dean-o's comment to me recently. It is an article about the post 242000 guns and what is known about them. Dean-o of course thinks I am crazy. He as usual is probably right.

George, I would never call you "crazy" but I am glad you chose not to use the adjective I applied to you in our earlier conversation.

I do think it would make for an excellent article but it would require a ton of research - not that you're a stranger to deep research - the technical and historical articles you have contributed are testament to this fact. Thank You.

Bill- Being the squirrel that I am for serial numbers of 242K guns, this is a VHE 12 gauge with a BTFE?

Yes George---you are correct. SST too!

Thanks Bill-I feel like the Great Carnac.

Well I guess that makes me Ed McMahon!!!