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Nice find Jeff. I guess that has the screw on the bottom of the lifter mechanism. I don’t recall ever seeing a rib marked Plain Steel before.
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Yeah, barrels are marked ! Here is a picture of the lifter
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02-16-2021, 10:22 AM | #5 | ||||||
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I believe Plain Steel was the same as Decarbonized steel. I believe Remington was using one of those names for their barrels too, so Parker change what they called theirs.
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02-16-2021, 03:41 PM | #6 | ||||||
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147 years old and no one ever left it outside overnight. What a great gun with great owners.
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02-16-2021, 05:33 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Jeff, the screw in the lifter indicates it was the earlier two-piece design.
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02-16-2021, 06:28 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I have 2 of those plain steel marked guns...I shoot smokeless powder loads in mine....I believe these plain steel guns to have been made in 1875....good guns to shoot....charlie
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Jay is correct. Parker sourced "Bessemer/Decarbonized Steel" from Remington Arms. Pages 503 & 504 of The Parker Story state that Parker changed the name to "Plain Steel" as Remington was using the name "Decarbonized" on their newly introduced Whitmore Model 1873 & 1875/1876 Lifter doubles. 889 Parkers were made with Decarbonized Steel barrels.
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