Rib with no "matting"
 

A couple months ago I looked a friend's gun, a early 20 ga VH, and the barrels had no matting at all (totally smooth) on the top of the rib. The barrels were no question parker barrels with the typical parker inspector stamps, etc on the flats, etc. and were serialized to the gun.

I have seen Remington era guns without the roll stamp on the barrel rib but they had matting.

I have seen a few mentions that some Remington rebarrel jobs have no matting on the rib? I've also heard of some NOS barrels being fitted by Lefever? But if it was the later would they be serialized to the gun with no matting?

Can anyone confirm this?

I know there was a good article on rib matting in a 2013 parker pages issue but apparently I misplaced that issue...

Pictures would be helpful.

Serial number would give us a clue.

Sorry didnt take any pictures or jot serial # but I could ask - i know the gun isn't in the serialization book. He's not a collector and I had more interest in the gun than he did.

All I can say is the barrels are very nice just no rib matting.

I thought it was very strange.

I have a hammer gun that has Twist barrels and no rib matting, # 47005



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I have a CHE 12 with no rib matting # 129528. It has a lot of weird attributes, the least of which is an almost bead blasted rib.

Well that might be because rib matting did not begin until 1885.

Special order gun, George.

That was how they were made back then. I don't know the year or serial number when Parker Bros. started matting the ribs but it was obviously after yours was made.






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I was wondering what year 47005 would have been made?




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