Parker Reproduction DHE 410 with 28" barrels

[Reggie B]

Very interesting .410 repro.

[Wild Skies]

From what I see the basis for this gun was a 20-ga. Parker Reproduction built on a 0-frame. (To my knowledge all original .410 Parker Reproductions were built on either a 00 or 0000-frame.) It appears the metal may have been bone charcoal case hardened. The barrels are aftermarket and not original to the gun, the barrel wedge engraving was added, the "Parker Gun Works Overload Proved" proof stamp may have been used by Remington for a time, (I believe Brian Dudley had shown us a picture of the actual stamp - not sure who has it now. I'm guessing the barrels may have been built by Remington or perhaps CSMC when they were producing .410 0-frame aftermarket barrels to be fitted to Parker Reproductions or orig. Parkers about a decade or so ago.

How well does the forend fit?

Perhaps others and/or Richard Skeuse can add more . . .

[Wayne Faupel]

The foreend fits very well as does the barrel to receiver. Whoever put this together put in some effort

[Richard Skeuse]

Hi guys. Having looked the gun and barrel over I can say that it is NOT a Parker Reproduction 410 barrel. That gun started out as a 20 ga with a splinter forend. I don’t know the 20 ga barrel length that was originally on it. As several have mentioned the 410 barrel is a “Parker Gun Works” barrel. In my opinion if someone wants that for your gun I don’t see it as a collector added value. The wall thickness on the breach must be very thick to move the barrels to the center of the firing pin hole and to the edges of the frame so it fits. The engraved barrel wedge on the breach end I can not see. Hopefully Wayne will be happy with it. Good luck!!

[MD*GSP]

Originally Posted by Richard Skeuse

The wall thickness on the breach must be very thick to move the barrels to the center of the firing pin hole and to the edges of the frame so it fits.

That's why I wondered what the weight of the gun is. There was a set of barrels from the same manufacturer listed for sale on GI some time back, but they weren't fitted to a gun.

[Richard Skeuse]

Hi guys. I have a set of 410 barrels but don’t have a small enough scale. I’ll go into the office in the next few day and let you know what they weigh.

[Bill Murphy]

Scot, where did those barrels come from? Why aren't there more out there?

[MD*GSP]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Scot, where did those barrels come from? Why aren't there more out there?

No clue (Remington perhaps?). And, I have no idea what's out there. I did wonder if Wayne's gun was fitted w/the set pictured in my post but there are differences in the stamping, so apparently not.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Scot, where did those barrels come from? Why aren't there more out there?

There are more of them out there, we've discussed them a few times previously. Here's one of those previous discussions, including a pic of the stamp that stamped them: https://parkerguns.org/forums/showth...ighlight=stamp