Manufacture date VS order ship date ?
 

I received my letter today in lightning speed. Thanks Charlie.
My serial number indicates manufacture in 1890. The letter indicates an order date in 1892 and a ship date 1892 also some 4 months later. It seems like the 4 month wait was for manufacturing thus making the serial number date of 1890 incorrect. I am unsure what to think of this inconsistency. Any insight is appreciated.

Some Parkers sat idly in inventory until an order came in requesting a gun that very closely fit the specifications of that one in stock. It's not so unusual that these things happened.
I have a Parker that was finished in 1908 but wasn't shipped until 1912 and even then some modifications were made to the gun in stock in order to fit the bill.

Dean, is it true then that yours took substantial time between order date and ship date as mine did? It was that time lapse for the upgrades to the new gun that I did not figure in.
I got it now!
Thank You

I don't think so. Mine was an early DHE 28 gauge and I don't believe the 28 gauge had caught on so well yet in popularity. It was made with 28" barrels originally, I believe, but when an order finally came in four years later from a relatively wealthy Connecticut railroad man for a gun for his wife, to sport 24" Damascus barrels and a 13 1/2" LOP with a Silvers pad I don't think it took much more than a few days to alter the gun to conform to his order.