Parker reproduction Barrel marking..

[Wild Skies]

Paul, are there other stampings elsewhere on this set of barrels besides on the barrel flats and how long are the barrels?

[Bill Murphy]

The catalog Parker gun in 1988 belonged to Ritchie Wingle. It was a Remington era AHE. Kolar Arms did supply the parts for the 1988 gun. Wooden boxes of these parts were stored in the Remington Archives a decade later, unused except for a small number of guns. The parts were made in quantity, but not the barrels or the wood, as far as I know. Reagent Chemical, Tony Galazan, and Merkel all made .410 barrels for the Repro, all different in minor details. I don't know who made Paul's barrels.

[Dean Romig]

Art Wheaton had two of these prototype Parker reintroductions and donated both of them to the NRA Museum in Fairfax. They were both on display there if anyone is interested, though I don’t know if they’re still on display.

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Remington advertised them in the 1988 catalog. And took orders/deposits on them. But they were never filled and they were eventually canceled/refunded. I believe only a couple guns were actually built. Parts were made. Kohler was contracted to make the frames and and other various parts. Others would know more about the actual details of it all. Hell, I was in Elementary school at the time! Don't tell anyone.

I am pretty sure that the gun used for the catalog and advertising was just a refinished original gun done by the custom shop.

This stamp and drawing came from a retiree of Remington


I too would be interested to see those barrels posted about in more detail.

[john niemiera]

Gentleman,
When I bought my Blaser F-3 Sporting Clays Shotgun from Chris at Clay Target Sports in Princeton , NJ last year, I had a long discussion with him regarding the Parker repros', because I was looking for some parts. He told me that his shop had made the barrels for the last runs of reproductions when production stopped in Japan.

[nid-28]

John— Chris never made any Parker repro barrels, but he did warranty work for the Skeuse’s, especially correcting doubling issues on the single trigger examples. I do recall him having a number of Krieghoff made 16 ga. Repro barrel sets. Prior to having his own shop, he was head gunsmith at Krieghoff International in Ottsville, Pa. Those barrels are long gone and he has no other Parker parts.

[Bill Murphy]

Greg, the Morphy ad described 28" .410 barrels, not 28 gauge.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Greg, the Morphy ad described 28" .410 barrels, not 28 gauge.

Yes, I know that Bill and that’s why I corrected myself in post #12 to this thread above.

[Bill Murphy]

The parts for the 1988 reintroductions were in wooden boxes in the Remington Archives. I took pictures of them in 1998 when the PGCA Research Committee was at the "Arms" to copy the Parker records. I think our photos were posted on this site a few years ago. I don't know how to find those photos but someone may repost them. I have prints that I had made from my camera. Don Mainland from Kolar had the expertise to make the barrels, but, apparently, someone at Remington volunteered to take on the barrel project. Except for the prototypes, the barrels never got made. I never saw the Art Wheaton prototypes, but the raffle gun was shown at Pintail Point at the Vintagers. I wonder who owns it now? As I previously posted, the catalog pictures were of Ritchie Wingle's AHE 20 gauge. At that time, a prototype had not been completed.

[Dean Romig]

I have pictures of the Parker Reintroduction prototypes from the NRA museum display and the highly engraved one we saw at Pintail Point. I’ll post those pics Saturday night if I remember to.






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