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Hey Dean the HT is there but no A. Late Friday or ???
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I'm by no means an expert, but the possible ampersand confuses me because the serial number (171xxx) puts it in 1915 or 1916, which I'm thinking is before the Remington era. Was it possibly added during a repair in the 30s or 40s? Either way, I'll try to get a good closeup photo and repost. As far as "first" Parkers... I'm already bidding on a "second". |
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04-14-2019, 08:15 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Nice honest looking gun enjoy it !
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I don’t see a Remington repair code so I don’t think the answer lies there. .
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With the PARKER GUN WORKS OVERLOAD PROVED stamps those are a set of Remington barrels from 1934 or later. Looks to me like DJ 3, WF 3 and XK 3. I would suspect the WF 3, August 1937, was when this set of barrels was fitted. DJ 3, September 1940, and XK 3, December 1941, are for other repairs.
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That's interesting David. Thank you. That had not occurred to me about the proof stamp being Remington era. This gun is brand new to me, so I'm still learning about it. I read the date codes as: XD3 (1935), WF3 (1937) and DJ3 (1940). I wonder if the gun could have been finished out of sequence as the serial number is 200xxx, supposedly a 1922 number. It could have been re-barreled during the Remington years. I wonder if Remington would have re-proofed and stamped if they did something like lengthen the chambers. I don't have the letter yet, so we'll see what it says.
Mr. Fritzke, I apologize if I took your thread down a rabbit hole.---Matt |
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