New Parker Just Arrived

[Researcher]

Does the forearm have the long screw in from the front into the forearm iron?

[Brush Buster]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Does the forearm have the long screw in from the front into the forearm iron?

No it doesn't ,my 20 gauge I mentioned a few posts back does but also lettered with the Beavertail ! I haven't ordered a letter yet for this gun as noted ,just arrived !

[Steiner]

I have a DHE 20 with the same safety/selector design. It didn't take long to get comfortable with it in the field and it makes it very easy to quickly select the barrel you want to shoot first.

[Dean Romig]

We can look it up in TPS as that’s where I got my info.





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[Brush Buster]

After reading the previous couple of posts ,it hit me this Remington Era gun doesn't have a Plain Rib , it is Stamped Meriden CT.!!!

[Researcher]

Other than obvious re-barrels, the lowest serial number gun I've recorded with a plain rib is 240245 which has a barrel date code of RH R = November H = 1939. But Remington certainly wasn't building Parker guns in serial number order, and I've recorded higher serial number guns with date codes back to 1937 with rib legends?!?

[Dean Romig]

I stand corrected and apologize to Dave and others who questioned my statement that Remington Arms used the reinforced, one-piece forend loop on all of their Parker barrels.

We can only presume that Remington continued Parker Bros. policy of using this reinforced loop on guns ordered with a trap (beavertail) forend as well as all higher grade guns with splinter forends

This information found on page 145 of TPS.

Apologies to all for previously misstating what I thought I had read years ago.

Now this begs the question, which “higher grades” received this upgrade? What is the lowest grade beginning in 1918 to have originally included this feature


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