I found all of my archived Parker Bros. and Remington Parker factory correspondence. They (Remington Arms) did not take in any repair work or sporting gun sales after early 1942 and after the war they never again restarted the Parker shotgun project as, according to Remington mgmt. the machinery was too worn out and they had virtually no parts in stock and couldn’t even re-barrel a Parker with damaged barrels. Aaaaand… they would NOT take in for service ANY gun with Damascus barrels… Period.
I will post some of this correspondence on a separate post when I can make the time.
This information came to me from Austin Hogen a month or two before he passed. This data and info came to him from Ron Kirby, Charlie Price, Bill Hoover and other long-departed wonderful Parker Historians.
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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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