Mr. Welch, I have a GHE Skeet Gun that is configured similar to yours.
My PGCA letter reads almost identical to yours. Apparently Skeet Guns in 16 ga
were not in big demand, as both ended up in the Remington Surplus inventory as listed on April 14th 1942. No record is available for to whom and where they were eventually sold. From my research there were only 17 GHE Skeet Guns built in 16ga, and only approximately 3 or less with 28 inch barrels. I'm sure yours is just as rare. Like Researcher said, it is uncommon for the serial number to be placed on the barrel flat rather than the lug on a gun in that serial range, so my guess it was rebarreled in Apr 1942 according to the date code, to 28 inch Skeet by Remington to sell possibly for an order.
My gun has the serial on the lug, and the date code for Oct '37 and was shipped to the warehouse in Jun of 1939.
I hope this is not confusing. I wrote it pretty quickly.
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