Early simmons rib question

[Don Larson]

I have a winchester 42 with a simmons rib and cutts comp that has the reciever part of the rib screwed on from the outside not from the inside like the current method from the inside of the reciever...Has anyone seen this before...the gun was done by simmons late in the fifties with a round post doughnut base rib and so maked on the rib,simmons specialtis pat.pend.and no kansas address...Thanks Don...

[Bruce Day]

They are still there. Call and ask.

Simmons Gun Repair and Sales, Inc.
700 South Rogers Road
Olathe, Kansas 66062

913 782 3131

[Don Larson]

Bruce...Thank you for your responce...I did contact simmons and they told me that was thier method used on early guns in the fifties...Best Don...

[Bill Murphy]

The external screw system had been discontinued by the fifties but there is very little information except in the minds of collectors to confirm this. The important thing is that it is not a corner gunsmith's modification. The external screws are Simmons original.

[Don Larson]

Bill..Thank you...The gun was made in 1949...It has a round post donut base rib and a cutts comp...barrel marked skeet 2 1/2 inch cham. ...the rib cuts run east and west and are wavy in design...I know it is not win. done but at that quite interesting anyway...it has skeet wood by win...it is a good match to my win 12 skeet 20ga. cutts gun with no choke marking and a round post donut base rib made in 1957...Best Don...

[Bill Murphy]

My feeling about your 42 is that the rib and Cutts were probably put on when the gun was new. The visible screw attachment system did not survive much after 1949. I have never seen that attachment on a gun made in the fifties. My 28 gauge Pigeon Grade was made in 1948 and has the screws. Until I heard about yours, mine was about the latest gun I had seen with the screws.

[Don Larson]

Bill...Thanks again for your reply...There is so much to learn in the gun world and it is always nice to talk with someone with your knowlege and love of Guns...How on earth do you find all this information and then be able to remember it all ? ...Best Don...

[Bill Murphy]

I've looked at a lot of Winchester pump guns and every once in a while I buy one. I have a collection of Cutts guns as well as a useful stash of Simmons literature. I also have an example of most varieties of Simmons rib installations on Winchester guns. Collectors found out many years ago that Simmons employees who know about the early days are all gone. Apparently, the new generation is going to be a big help to Parker collectors.