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Huh... the barrels are certainly a mix of Meriden and Ilion features.
The makers mark is a real head scratcher to me. The "Parker" suggests post Remington Ownership, but the "Meriden, Conn" would mean pre- move to Ilion. I have never seen another set of barrels with this exact Roll stamp on them, has anyone else? I think most of the other transition guns that I have seen had normal "Parker Brothers... and Steel type" makers marks on them.
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I don't think I would refer to 1939 as part of the "transition" period which most would consider to be in the late 1933 - early 1935 period as it pertains to how Parker Bros. and Remington Arms frames and barrels were marked immediately before and immediately after Remington took ownership of the Parker shotgun operation. Clearly, the barrels Chuck shows us indicate that Remington had made 'a' decision as to how they intended to mark their ribs and barrel flats. Remington even made another change to how the ribs would be marked in the future.... and that was not to mark them at all.
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I have seen that rib marking on three other “transition” guns in the 239-240000 range. One was a V grade, another an A grade, and the third was an A1Special.
I don’t recall the steel type on the barrel flats. 😊 |
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01-31-2019, 12:41 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Look in Parkers found in the pages. I found that same stamping on a gun at Pintail Point Vintage Cup years ago and Herzog took the picture.
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01-31-2019, 12:47 PM | #7 | ||||||
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See Parker Pages, Volume 24, Winter 2017, Issue 4, page 39.
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The A1Special is serial number 241039, a 20 gauge that Chadick’s had and sold many years ago. 😊
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A “Paul Harvey rest of the Story” on the A1S, 241039..
In August of 1982 I made my first trip to Chadick’s, LTD. While visiting the showroom and viewing various grades of Parkers I had never seen before, Herschel invited me into his office to show me two very special A1S guns of which the 241039 was one of them. Up to that time I had never seen or much less hold a A1 Special. The gun was spectacular in every way. A gold pheasant on one side of the receiver and a gold grouse on the other side. The remaining receiver was embellished with fine English scroll. It was cased in its original leather trunk case along with the original hanging tags. The story Herschel shared with me was the original owner contacted Remington to order an Invincible. He wanted a 20 as the other Invincibles were 12’s and a 16 gauge. Remington purportedly told him they could not build an Invincible. So he asked that they build an A1Special of “Invincible Quality” with gold birds, fine scroll, and special wood carving and checkering. Herschel indicated it was sold awaiting the transfer of some real estate which was partial payment. I was so glad to see the gun as it was the one and only opportunity. The gun is pictured in TPS page 719... (not the best picture as the photographer’s flash somewhat washed out the gold pheasant). 😊 |
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