Rebarreled VHE

[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Dylan, in response to your numbered questions/suppositions:

1. Replacing 26" barrels with 28" barrels would have had nothing to do with the balance point or the overall weight of the gun. Parker Brothers would balance a gun perfectly regardless of the length of the barrels simply by filing/carding off metal as barrel length was increased.

2. We can't make that assumption without support of a PGCA Research Letter.

3. Same answer as number 2.

4. Parker Brothers did not make a practice of using Roman Numerals in place of the Arabic numerals that are in common use today.

5. Get a PGCA Research Letter on your gun. Anything other than that which the letter supports is mere supposition and assumption.





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Thanks Dean, Makes sense. Would the rib roll stamping support that wherever the barrel came from, it was made before the change of the roll stamp in mid 1918’ish?

Edit: I did obtain a research letter. It indicates the gun was manufactured originally with 26” barrels. I’m trying to understand how the current barrels came to be with the correct serial number(is that a thing Parker would do), whether or not that work was done by Parker based off of barrel flat markings, and any approximate timing for their creation based on available markings. I agree, the exact origins of how we went from 26-28 is fun speculation at best. I probably should have been more clear on my ask.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dylan Rhodes

Thanks Dean, Makes sense. Would the rib roll stamping support that wherever the barrel came from, it was made before the change of the roll stamp in mid 1918’ish?

Edit: I did obtain a research letter. It indicates the gun was manufactured originally with 26” barrels. I’m trying to understand how the current barrels came to be with the correct serial number(is that a thing Parker would do), whether or not that work was done by Parker based off of barrel flat markings, and any approximate timing for their creation based on available markings. I agree, the exact origins of how we went from 26-28 is fun speculation at best. I probably should have been more clear on my ask.

Sure, either the barrels or just the rib were/was made before the roll stamp change.

The order book and the stock book don’t always agree.
I have a DHE 28 gauge where one book (and the Serialization book as well) says it was made with 28” Titanic Steel barrels and the other book shows it having been made with 24” Damascus barrels.

Today the gun sports 24” Damascus barrels.





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[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Sure, either the barrels or just the rib were/was made before the roll stamp change.

The order book and the stock book don’t always agree.
I have a DHE 28 gauge where one book (and the Serialization book as well) says it was made with 28” Titanic Steel barrels and the other book shows it having been made with 24” Damascus barrels.

Today the gun sports 24” Damascus barrels.





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It would seem only the order book was available for my gun. I think with all the evidence present i would feel comfortable telling myself however the barrels got there was via the Parker factory and it was done around the time of original manufacture. I understand that this is speculation to some level, but it's reasonably well backed up. At least to me.