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Originally Posted by edgarspencer
The Serialization book says 179839 is a 28" 20ga. V grade, but the book has been known to be incorrect in the past. The vent rib, shown in the GI listing is not of Parker origin. A gun of that SN range would not be stamped PARKER on the bottom of the receiver. What is the serial number stamped on the barrel lug? The buttstock might be Remington, but certainly not Meriden, where a 179xxx gun would have been made.
The Seller covered his butt by calling it a reproduction, but probably meant a reproduction of a GH skeet gun, and nothing more.
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Yup, IMO it is a DelGrego upgrade from VH to GH.
Those burds were most definitely engraved by Runge!!
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