The very last of the Remington Parker inventory of completed guns produced at Ilion was "frozen" at the outbreak of WW II and much of the specialized equipment used in producing the Parker Gun was similarly isolated and immobilized when the company formally initiated arms and ammunition production for the war effort, and much of the machinery declared obsolete and was scrapped for same.
Once the war was over and the company returned to sporting arms production, an evaluation of the feasibility and profitability of producing a side-by-side gun was carefully examined from a number of standpoints (existing market, market values, appeal, profit margin per individual graded guns, and other factors involved in advertising and marketing a product relative to these aforementioned essentials.
When the decision was made to not resume production of the Parker Gun, the existing inventory of completed guns on hand at Ilion when the war broke out was first offered to selected dealers and then to the employees of Remington at Ilion at modest discounts. Surprisingly, very few were purchased by the workers.
According to Ed Muderlak's "Parker Guns - The Old Reliable' the last gun built by Remington at Ilion was a GH .410 built from parts inventory in 1947. The serial number is 242387
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