1895 12 GAUGE PARKER..DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

[Bill Murphy]

Your repair code stamps indicate your gun was serviced at Remington in January of 1940 if I read the code correctly as BJ3. Hang tight on the advice you are getting about outside appraisers. You are likely to find out more here than anywhere else.

[Researcher]

From your pictures it appears that your gun started life as an extractor gun in 1895 and was subsequently fitted with Moran & Wolfersperger automatic ejectors --





The pin in the forward part of the recess around the hinge pin ends and the slots milled in the front of the receiver are M&W work.

From the Remington repair code BJ3 (B = January, J = 1940, 3 = repair) it appears your gun was fitted with a set of new VH-Grade barrels and a new extractor forearm, and the M&W ejector parts removed from the receiver. Also the gun was fitted with the post 1910 bolt and the new barrels have the replaceable bolt plate.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Your repair code stamps indicate your gun was serviced at Remington in January of 1940 if I read the code correctly as BJ3. Hang tight on the advice you are getting about outside appraisers. You are likely to find out more here than anywhere else.

Yes but Bill, he said he wanted a valuation for insurance. Finding out information doesn't equate to a valuation, and an insurer will want an appraisal, which must be a document.

It would be different if the gun could be traced to an extraordinary famous person or event, but the chances of that are slim. To me, it is what we see, and an appraisal deals with that.