Indeed, there are Remington codes on the barrel flats. Two of them, to be exact. I determined that the gun was there in May and July 1940.
After posting my inquiry I looked at a 20 gauge VH 236XXX SN gun which, oddly, has the Parker name on the underside of the receiver. Its barrel flats has the Parker Bros stamp.
The workmanship on the rebarreled gun is poor by comparison to the 1932-1933 VH gun. That is what made me think the lugs and ejector parts were reused.
Thanks for your thoughts. JF
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