Sales of luxury items, like Parker Bros. shotguns, tanked after late 1929. I find the transition covers guns in the 234xxx, 235xxx and 236xxx range. My 20-gauge VH 235178 was Made and shipped in the fall of 1930. I find some guns in the 234xxx range with the PARKER GUN WORKS OVERLOAD PROVED stamping and find guns in the very high 236xxx range with the PARKER BROS. OVERLOAD PROVED stamp, one of which does have an AD (A = March D = 1935) Remington date code?!?
The Parker Story states "the first gun placed in production under Remington management was 236531, a VH grade 28-gauge shotgun with 26-inch barrels. There were lower numbered guns, both finished and unfinished, in Parker Brothers inventory when Remington took over, but 236531 was the first serial number assigned under Remington management." The Remington Parkers chapter ends with "Remington produced a total of 6,224 Parker guns, 4,629 in Meriden and 1,595 in Ilion."
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