I don't think a flat rib adds much value to a Parker but is is another interesting feature usually found on target style Parkers. Most of the time the feature goes un-noticed. A friend of mine has a BHE and a DHE both 32" 12 gauges with flat ribs. There are 2 variations I have seen on these ribs, one with a basic placement vis a vis the muzzles similar to the normal concave rib and the other where the rib end in lowered well into the muzzles creating a higher shooting set of barrels. Flat ribs are often called "pigeon ribs" and are found commonly on British pigeons guns with a "file cut" ribs. BTW,the latter term refers to the look of the rib (it looks like a file) rather than by what tooling was used to matte it. My 1893 Purdey 2 barrel set "pigeon gun" has flat,"file cut" ribs on both of its barrel set.
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