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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen
The Quality NH disappears from the catalogs between 1900 and 1901. From the serial numbers you show, the boys and girls on the factory floor were still stamping Ns on watertables into at least 1904.
108101 and 117160 are listed as a T2 in The Parked Story, page 1003. 128636 isn't on the listing, nor is 157318 Quality PH that I pictured in my earlier 6-frame thread.
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My NH was ordered was ordered on December 12 1902 and shipped and was delivered June 8th 1903 which seems like a pretty quick time for a custom order .
One seller said there was 29 NH 8 gauges built another claimed only 8 .
Heres one that appears to have the frame blued and someone jewelled the watertable .
https://www.gunsamerica.com/90798784...S-Grade-NH.htm
Heres the other with 40" barrels
https://www.icollector.com/Extremely...th-4_i12221577
and
https://www.icollector.com/Very-Rare...otgun_i9966791
If 128636 isnt recorded wouldnt that mean its a 40" barreled gun thats not listed with the known 40" 8 gauges ?
I was confused at first because I seen a PH 10 ga that was made in 1902 but it was a few thousand serial #s before my NH ordered at the end of 1902 .
So I guess a way to look at it the 1902-1904 NH guns were when Parkers was transitioning to only PH grade 1s ?