Parker Bros 28 ga VHE

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

If you had the first three numbers of the gun SN it might be a clue that the gun is a Remington gun. When Remington bought the Parker Gun Co. they did not buy the Parker Bros. name. Therefore, they could not use it. So some guns from Remington came out with no side of the receiver engraving and some came on the market with Parker engraved on the underside of the receiver. I have one of them. Lately on this forum there was a discussion of this issue and several guns from the Remington era were shown to have the underside engraved with the Parker name.

[Joe D.]

The 12 ga VHE had the Parker marking underneath. The smallbore had it on the side and I am pretty sure it said "Parker Bros." I did not pick the guns up so do not have any serial number info. The fellow did not have tags on the guns so I had to ask regarding prices and details. Was going to make an offer on the DHE but saw no band at the front of the rib and it actually looked larger than my 2 frame 12s.