Aftermarket Vent Rib?

[Bill Murphy]

The picture the original poster sent would indicate a doll's head that doesn't fit quite flush. That poor fit brings into question the originality of the barrels. However, it would be very unusual to find a gun with a retrofitted set of ventilated rib barrels. More pictures would give more information.

[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by johnhurt

i used to own 222,223 many years ago, and always wondered what happened to it. regretted selling it off. it had a straight grip, factory beavertail and VR, and a Miller single trigger. did you know that it originally had a second set of barrels? i am certain that the second barrel set would have been 26" skeet/skeet VR. i used to advertise to find that second barrel set, at a time before the internet (and before parker collecting club had organized itself) to no avail. i am an advanced collector, just not of parkers, owning only a couple, and am not a member of that collecting club. just joined this forum so i could respond to finally relocating this particular gun. jc hurt

I have this gun. I bought it from Steve Barnet almost 20 years ago. I didn't know it had a second set of barrels.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

As inspired by this thread, I'll have to look more closely at my 30" vent rib DHE 28 gauge to see if it's original or after market. The book doesn't recognize it in the options section and now I know why that could be, thanks to Dave N.
Always something to learn on this site.

[johnhurt]

well, i used to do a lot of trading with steve, and i still buy a few things from august morris; have no idea if that's who i sent it to back in the day, might be. you know how guns shift around between dealers before they find a home. if memory serves, the barrel flats have a marking indicating that there was a second barrel. at that time, your collecting club was a paper newsletter (which i advertised in a few times, for the lost barrels), and no factory letter was available on any parker. times have changed, apparently...i am told that a factory letter of some kind can be obtained, though i may be misinformed. do you ever use the gun?

[Drew Hause]

Kevin made a post back on p. 1 and I suspect he was referring to George McCarty
https://traphof.org/inductees/detail...carty-george-s

This ad was in Sporting Life January 9, 1909 and he appears to be holding a SBT



Forest McNeir, George McCarty, Charles Newcomb 1940s at the Marshall Marathon



Close up of the guns covered with jackets. Gun on right looks like a Smith, on left maybe a Model 21?



I couldn't find any other images of McCarty with a gun

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

As inspired by this thread, I'll have to look more closely at my 30" vent rib DHE 28 gauge to see if it's original or after market. The book doesn't recognize it in the options section and now I know why that could be, thanks to Dave N.
Always something to learn on this site.

Dhe vent rib 30" 28 ga! Larry you really know how to hurt a guy!

[John Davis]

Original vent rib on the left, aftermarket on the right.

[Dean Romig]

John, for the education of those who do not know about the flat top of the breech face can you show a picture of the breech face without the barrels of both guns side by side?

Dave Suponski wrote a pertinent article that I published in Parker Pages some ten or more years ago but my PC is at the shop right now so I don’t have the ability to look it up in a timely manner.



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[John Davis]

Original right, aftermarket left.

[John Davis]

Original top, aftermarket bottom.