Parker SC Trap 242055

[Pittypatdugan]

I am soon going to post pictures of the barell flats..the Remington manufacturing code is kk dating it May 1941. There are some other marks that I would Appreciate help with.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Just for reference from 1939 --

Dave- what is this 1939 catalog? Was it a specialty Trap gun catalog?
Thanks.
George

[Researcher]

That is a Jostam Hy-Gun on the gun pictured in the 1939 catalogue. The Remington Model 31TC and 32TC are shown in the same catalogue with the Hawkins pad, and the Parker double trap has a Silvers (or Silvers style) pad. So, I'd imagine that Remington would put whatever pad the customer requested on a Parker SBT. By the time of the gun in question, even a Fray-Mershon "whiteline" would be quite reasonable.

[Bill Murphy]

It is a little unlikely that a 242,000 range SC would need a full Del Grego restoration and restock. I am thinking that this gun was finished from parts by Del Grego, probably in the fifties or sixties. As such, it would be a real piece of Remington Parker history and no less collectable than an SC finished at the factory.

[Pittypatdugan]

Thanks Bill, I never thought about that..maybe if Asa Kelley can ask John
Davis to take it to a Parker Function so
people with knowledge can look it over
Thanks

[Bill Murphy]

"Looking it over" will result in an opinion that it is probably a 70s Del Grego refinish and probably restock. Of course, a gun built from scratch at the Del Grego shop would look the same. Since Del Grego does not file their repairs by serial number, the mystery may go unsolved.

[Mike Franzen]

Original or redone the gun doesn't appear to have been used very much.

[WmRike]

George - how does one tell what kind of condition a gun was in prior to restoration? Just curious.

PPat - gorgeous looking gun. Looks like it's ready for business.

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by WmRike

George - how does one tell what kind of condition a gun was in prior to restoration? Just curious.

PPat - gorgeous looking gun. Looks like it's ready for business.

I wondered that myself. Beautiful gun, btw!

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by todd allen

I wondered that myself. Beautiful gun, btw!

I assume you are referring to me- George Purtill.
Bill Murphy's post says what I meant. A gun with a serial number of 242055 would seen unlikely to be in such bad shape as to need a full restoration. Plus it is not a field gun that would be beat up. Trap guns are shot a lot but not usually abused. Most all of my guns in the 240,000 plus range are mint.