Parker Bros overload proved stamp

[B. Dudley]

When thinking about the construction of the barrels and how they ere made at the factory, it is important to remember that the barrel lugs and the rib extension/ribs are the only parts that are added to the tubes. The entire rest of the breech end is part of the tubes. The flats, the beads, everything. All of that is shaped out of the tube blanks.

[Brian H]

Thanks for the many responses. I asked the question since I was looking at a 1905 gun with the overload stamp and was trying to determine if it was rebarreled before REM repair codes. I was thinking 1905 was early for the stamp.

[Gary Bodrato]

Not sure what the correct term is Mandrels?