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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
I wonder if the “SPECIAL” may actually be a reference to the Parker Special Steel barrels it has rather than the Parker Steel barrels used on the Grade 1 guns, one grade below the subject gun.
I don’t have my Serialization book handy at the moment but would expect the Grade 2 would be listed there as a PS2 and the Grade 1 would be listed as a P1…
Am I wrong in this presumption?
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I doubt it is in reference to the barrel steel, simply because Parker Special is standard for a Gr. 2 gun.
A letter may indicate it was ‘Special Ordered’ for chokes, weight, whatever.
One thing I forgot to mention previously, was when I was holding the barrels, it seemed to me that the legend appeared engraved, rather than roll-stamped. Yes, it had a legend, as this is a transition gun, made in Meriden, under Remington ownership.