Your VH .410-bore was made after the Remington take over. The PARKER GUN WORKS - OVERLOAD PROVED is the Remington era proof stamp. The KD on the left barrel flat near the lug is a Remington date code K = May D = 1935. Your frame was certainly already serial numbered during Parker Bros. days. Expensive .410-bores were certainly not fast movers during the Great Depression. Some other guns I've recorded in the 2364xx range carry the PARKED BROS. - OVERLOAD PROVED stamp and no date code on the barrel flat. Guns weren't completed in exact serial number order.
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