Barrel Flat Marking Question

[Ed Blake]

Can anyone tell me what this barrel marking means? It's from a 1915 GHE. Thanks.

[Dean Romig]

That stamping doesn't appear to be consistent with the type of dies used in 1915. A GHE coule have had either Parker Special Steel or Damascus barrels in 1915. That P.S. is stamped exactly where the marking would be for the type of barrel steel used. Could those barrels have been sleeved and marked so as to cause a buyer to believe they were correct?

[Ed Blake]

Dean - it does not appear that they have been sleeved.

[Autumn Daze]

Ed,I just went and pulled my 16ga. GHE out of the safe and the barrel steel markings are exactly like your picture. They stand for Parker Special Steel.Is that how your rib is marked?

[Austin W Hogan]

There were few fluid steel grade 2 guns made prior to s/n 159000, which Charlie Price dates as 1912. The later circle P stamp may not have been made until around WWI when all the barrel making was changed. Might be a good idea to compare the PS stamp with the HT/A and the Conn or Ct on the rib. Send the numbers to Josh for Parkers Found if it appears so.

Best, Austin

[Ed Blake]

Thanks for the replies. I don't have the gun in hand; the pictures were sent to me by the seller, and he dates it at 1915.