Parker repair records availability

[Bill Murphy]

By the way, I just read the post by "Chilled Shot". He indicates that he has not seen a Del Grego beavertail conversion that has the through bolt. I have seen many Del Grego beavertail conversions, and owned some. All I have seen except on .410 bore guns have had the proper through bolt. All correspondence I have had from the Del Grego firm since 1969 has included a statement from them that a through bolt conversion was a neccesary part of a beavertail conversion. I think your gun is a Del Grego conversion because of the 28" barrel length. Remington 28" skeet guns are quite rare but Del Grego 28" skeet conversions are quite common.

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

By the way, I just read the post by "Chilled Shot". He indicates that he has not seen a Del Grego beavertail conversion that has the through bolt. I have seen many Del Grego beavertail conversions, and owned some. All I have seen except on .410 bore guns have had the proper through bolt. All correspondence I have had from the Del Grego firm since 1969 has included a statement from them that a through bolt conversion was a neccesary part of a beavertail conversion. I think your gun is a Del Grego conversion because of the 28" barrel length. Remington 28" skeet guns are quite rare but Del Grego 28" skeet conversions are quite common.

Bill,
Would the Del Grego's go so far as to add the reinforced loop to the barrels as part of their skeet gun modifications?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

By the way, I just read the post by "Chilled Shot". He indicates that he has not seen a Del Grego beavertail conversion that has the through bolt. I have seen many Del Grego beavertail conversions, and owned some. All I have seen except on .410 bore guns have had the proper through bolt. All correspondence I have had from the Del Grego firm since 1969 has included a statement from them that a through bolt conversion was a neccesary part of a beavertail conversion. I think your gun is a Del Grego conversion because of the 28" barrel length. Remington 28" skeet guns are quite rare but Del Grego 28" skeet conversions are quite common.

I defer to the guy with way more Parker experience than I have. Again, the ones I have seen didn't have it. It is possible that the ones I've seen and handled were not done by Del Grego?? ...but they were represented as such and to my eye certainly looked like their work.

[James Lloyd]

Thanks, Bill for your counsel. I doubt that Remington did the work, because there is no Remington repair code on the barrel flats. I also question whether Del Grego did the work, because the forearm iron is bone charcoal case hardened, not cyanide. Nevertheless, I'll take your advice and contact Mr. Del Grego, who did beautiful work on my favorite Parker, a 1921 Trojan. The search goes on. Thanks to all. Jim Lloyd