Parker Live Bird Gun??

[Bruce L. Cohen]

Bill: I thank you so much for your input. I am not familiar with the term "no extension rib" and am wondering if by flat rib you mean the standard rib and not a raised or ventilated rib. My gun has all the features described above in my post and a standard rib (flat?). Could you please advise if you mean standard rib when you say flat and what "no extension rib" means as I have never heard the term before does that also mean a non raised or ventilated rib?
Thanks for your knowledge. Shame I will never know who this gun was built for as the records dont exist

[Autumn Daze]

Bruce, A flat rib is exactly as Bill describes. Your gun is most likely a concave rib. No rib extention means the lack of the "Dolls head" that fit into a mortise in the top of the frame.

[StubTwist]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

No rib extention means the lack of the "Dolls head" that fit into a mortise in the top of the frame.

What advantage does the lack of a dolls head provide in pigeon, trap, competition shooting?

Curious....

[Double Lab]

I have a 30", VH 20, ordered in 1904 by noted Parker shooter W.R. Crosby. It was ordered without a safety and the notation "Send Bill- Compliments of Parker Brothers". It is choked IM/F. I have shot live pigeon smallbore events and this could have possibly been used for this but more than likely it was used for clays.

[Tom DeZao]

Gents,

So different configuration same question: A 20ga 1924 VHE with 28" tubes engraving over where safety would be, no high stock and certainly not a trap gun? Was there a run on these orders in 1924?