The New 28

[C.O.B.]

Dean there is no indication of any type relateing to the type of barrel steel used. I'll bring this to the Southern however and it can be more closely examined.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

This is a really neat gun but what is it really?
250,XXX serial number gun?
8000 guns past the last known Parker?
Where are the guns from 242488 to 250,000?
It sure looks like it is a Parker. But if I altered/changed a serial number on an existing gun, I would be worried that there is some federal law involved. Maybe there isn't. There must not be or someone wouldn't do it. I'm sure this is a real serial number or I'm sure that it is legal to alter a serial number. I am also sure the present owner didn't alter the number anyway. So who did if it was done?
I just wish I could find the missing 8000 guns.

[C.O.B.]

George the gun was built for a skeet shooter from Maryland after the close of Parker. It came from existing stock hence the absence of the markings indicateing barrel steel. I don't know how the serial number of 250089 came about but IMHO it's all Parker.

[edgarspencer]

The stamping on the barrel flats and water table is pretty sloppy, lots of double stamps. What's with all the A and A. 1. stamps in an odd font? Show us a picture of the rib inscription. Whatever it 'originally was' it sure is pretty.

[C.O.B.]

The rib inscription is as I have posted, Parker Bros makers Meridan CT USA. No indication of barrel steel.

[edgarspencer]

Rich, is the blank space in the matting only the length of the inscription, or does it remain blank for an additional length sufficient for barrel steel marking?
Wouldn't an A-1S have 2 or three ribbands behind the bolster, with the 'pig tail' termination of the border line where it comes back up on the bottom side? Do you think it was engraved by Runge? It certainly looks like legitimate engraving. What does seem odd is the gold 'Parker', ala Remington, on the bottom, as opposed to 'Parker Bros' ala Meriden.

[C.O.B.]

The blank space in the matting is only the length of the rib inscription. The Parker on the bottom is correct for the Remington era as this was done after the technical close of Parker. Your correct about the rib bands behind the bolsters but it is what it is. I don't have a loop to examine the engraveing and can't say for sure who did it.