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Research letter is available for that number. I guess that would answer your question?

I guess Runge/DelGrego didn't look closely enough at their original Remington/Parker factory records or just figured the serial number was close enough to production end that there would be no problem.





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It makes one wonder which is the real 242386. It's possible, though pretty unlikely that the DHE20 was the donor gun, but given the photo of the DHE is probably a digital one, That scenario seems pretty unlikely.
They wouldn't have had to consult any records, but simply put the same number, in gold, on the upgraded gun. Then there's the possibility that the number was duplicated before the upgrade was even made, and the upgrade is what the rest of the parts indicate. Is the .410 one of the ones commissioned by Shelly Gitman?
It would be great if Larry DelGrego got back to work and could solve this mystery.
Does the .410 have Runge's signature ?

Hold on a minute.... Here's an inconsistency - the tip of the straight grip trigger guard doesn't come to a rounded point like all theothers I've seen from Remington production... So which gun is the "real" upgrade?

Maybe I’m chasing snowflakes here but I looked at a couple in The Parker Story and found Parker matched set 241449 and 241450 both late Remington guns with a more pronounced rounded point at the tips of the trugger guard tangs…
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And then this, the “Not the Czar’s Parker” which was originally a capped pistol grip gun and upgraded in 1984 and it looks like a non-original Parker trigger guard more like the subject DHE trigger guard.

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And finally, what I normally expect the point of a Parker trigger guard to have looked like - this is 236912

But again, I may just be chasing snowflakes…

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As I recall, 241,449 and 241,450 are the "Yellow Guns". Am I mistaken? I think the yellow guns were refinished in "Not Yellow any More" a few years ago.

You're right on all counts Bill.

Can you believe what some people do to a gun just because it doesn't meet with their approval ????






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Bill if you recall we referred to these guns as the "Blonde Guns" due to their lovely 'honey & smoke" colored stocks. That was before they got a "red rinse" stock refinishing job a few years ago. IMHO it totally ruined a gorgeous original factory finish. As an aside, a fellow PGCA collector recently contacted me to confirm that the guns were gold-inlayed numbered 1 and 2 . They are indeed on both the top lever and rib extensions. A priceless pair of Parker History!