Vent Ribs?

[Bill Murphy]

J Scott Hanes, yes, my PHE two barrel vent rib set is in the Serialization Book. It is listed as a PHE 30" gun with no extras other than ejectors. It now has a Miller trigger and the 26" vent rib barrels are a later addition. The SB is apparently incorrect in missing the vent rib option. The barrels on both sets are flat extension barrels mated to a flat receiver. The 26" barrel are not Skeet marked barrels and are field choked. There is a beavertail forearm that fits the 30" barrels and a splinter forearm that fits both sets.

[J. Scott Hanes]

Here are some photos. Made in 1937: 7#, 7oz, 14"LOP, 1-3/8" DAC, 2" DAH, Right brl .012" and Left brl .022" chokes. Silvers pad.

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[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by J. Scott Hanes

Here are some photos. Made in 1937: 7#, 7oz, 14"LOP, 1-3/8" DAC, 2" DAH, Right brl .012" and Left brl .022" chokes. Silvers pad.

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Nice engraving by Robert P. Runge. His dogs are easily identifyable.




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[Bill Murphy]

I forgot a couple of vent rib Parkers. I have another PHE, bought on this site. It is a horse of a gun, 32" Parker Steel, factory Monte Carlo and a 14 5/8" stock, a nine pounder. I also have a DH, Pennsylvania pigeon gun, built as a 30" solid rib gun, Parker later added a vent rib to the 30", an added set of solid rib 32" Parker Special Steel barrels that appear factory installed. It also has an early Miller trigger. To add to the confusion, Shelly Gitman gave me a set of 26" Titanic Steel barrels bored cylinder and very full, cylinder on the left. A great Columbaire barrel, if I remember to shoot the left barrel first. A gun for all Pennsylvania seasons.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I forgot a couple of vent rib Parkers. I have another PHE, bought on this site. It is a horse of a gun, 32" Parker Steel, factory Monte Carlo and a 14 5/8" stock, a nine pounder. I also have a DH, Pennsylvania pigeon gun, built as a 30" solid rib gun, Parker later added a vent rib to the 30", an added set of solid rib 32" Parker Special Steel barrels that appear factory installed. It also has an early Miller trigger. To add to the confusion, Shelly Gitman gave me a set of 26" Titanic Steel barrels bored cylinder and very full, cylinder on the left. A great Columbaire barrel, if I remember to shoot the left barrel first. A gun for all Pennsylvania seasons.

Bill, we’d really like to see some pics of those guns.

[J. Scott Hanes]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Nice engraving by Robert P. Runge. His dogs are easily identifyable.




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Thank you, Dean. Can you educate me on the difference between the two Runge's dogs?

[Bill Murphy]

Setter on the left, pointer on the right.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by J. Scott Hanes

Thank you, Dean. Can you educate me on the difference between the two Runge's dogs?

IMHO Scott, Robert P. Was a very good artist. His execution of head, tail, ears, feathers on the legs, tail, ears, neck were nearly perfect but his conception of a dog’s anatomy was severely lacking. Their backs are generally too short with the tail coming out of the back much too far forward. The positioning of the legs in comparison to the body is so wrong with the foreleg on the opposite side sticking out at an awkward angle at if it had been in a kids game of ‘pin the leg on the doggie’…





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[J. Scott Hanes]

Dean, do you have any photos of the two Runge's work to illustrate the difference? I only have one example (the DHE shown) to go by.

[Dean Romig]

Not specifically Scott.
But yours is representative of Robert P.’s engraving.



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