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The only feature, of non-Parker origin on your gun, that jumps out at me is the gold wash on the Deeley latch on the fore end.
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FWIW the Parker Bros. forearm latch is not a Deeley. The Deeley & Edge latch was patent protected (U.S. Patent No. 140482 granted to J. Deely & J.S. Edge, Jr. July 1, 1873) and licensed to E. Remington & Sons April 24, 1879, and was used on their Model 1879 lifter and all top-lever models.
The Parker Bros. forearm latch was a Charles King design Patent No. 201816 granted Mar. 26, 1878, a date often stamped on the latch.
The forearm latch and the metal tip of the forearm were normally color case hardened, not blued and gold washed as 217264 now is.