Charlie, the Remington code X F without a number following it and stamped in the left barrel flat up against the lug indicates the gun was manufactured in December of 1937 and the Parker Gun operation was in Ilion by then.
The PS in the circle (Parker Special Steel) was stamped on the right barrel flat shows me the barrels came from the Meriden inventory that went to Ilion with everything else in the purchase of the Parker Gun works.
The German cross stamped into the left barrel flat was a Remington stamp that we don't understand the meaning of.
The fact that there is no legend on the rib indicates that the rib was fitted to the barrels in Ilion in finishing the barrels/gun late in 1937.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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