Unfinished Barrel (in the white)

[GH-16]

I just got out an early Remington era VHE-20ga but still made in Meriden. The barrels still have the short rib and the reinforceing rod that can be seen through the matting.

I then looked at two repro's one a 20ga the other a 28ga. Both of these have the top ribs that look to be solid one piece all the way to the breech face. Similar to the pictures shown of the barrels in the white.

I'm wondering if Remington changed the manufacturing process on the ribs after they moved production to Illion? It's always been my understanding the repro's were based off of late Remington era made guns. This may explain why these barrels look similar to repro barrels. You did state in your story that a factory worker brought the barrels home at the end of production.

Who has a late production Remington gun they can look at?

Just an idea!!

[Bill Murphy]

The unfinished barrels like the original poster's set mostly came from Frank Lefever and Sons, who bought them from Remington. The reason they have no "steel type" marking is that Remington barrels did not have those marks. Different steel types ended with the Remington takeover. Repro barrels were not marked with weights. These are Remington Parker barrels, not Repro barrels.

[Autumn Daze]

Here is a set of unfinished 12 gauge Meriden barrels for an extractor gun for comparison.

[Autumn Daze]

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