Remington 1894 CEO

[B. Dudley]

Then there was a later time (the late 50s I believe) when a boss at Remington instructed that all invoices, sales orders and paperwork related to double gun manufacture (except production records) be destroyed. Oh the value of information that was in that...

As an aside, Remington did consider getting back into the Double business in the early 50s, but they acknowledged that they could not make a Parker (as they knew it mechanically) at a profit. So they did design an economy type boxlock that was to receive the Parker name. (Much like Ithaca did with Lefever). At least one prototype was built. Bit it never went anywhere, obviously.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Then there was a later time (the late 50s I believe) when a boss at Remington instructed that all invoices, sales orders and paperwork related to double gun manufacture (except production records) be destroyed. Oh the value of information that was in that...

Then how do we explain the survival of the Parker Stock Books and Order Books? They contained reams of recorded sales orders and records of double gun production.





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[chris dawe]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Then there was a later time (the late 50s I believe) when a boss at Remington instructed that all invoices, sales orders and paperwork related to double gun manufacture (except production records) be destroyed. Oh the value of information that was in that...

As an aside, Remington did consider getting back into the Double business in the early 50s, but they acknowledged that they could not make a Parker (as they knew it mechanically) at a profit. So they did design an economy type boxlock that was to receive the Parker name. (Much like Ithaca did with Lefever). At least one prototype was built. Bit it never went anywhere, obviously.

Are there any existing photos of the prototype?

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by chris dawe

Are there any existing photos of the prototype?

The prototype that I refer to is in the Remington museum. It is unmarked. And has no description or label.
I was not aware of one that Art owned. I would be interested in seeing that.