Remington Parker AAHE 28

Michael Di Paolo · 12-24-2013, 02:15 PM

I'm hoping to get some feedback on CSMC's Remington Parker AAHE 28.
These Parkers are built by CSMC under contract from Remington.
They start at 49K ... not sure how many have been built, or if they are still building them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

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Bruce Day · 12-24-2013, 02:49 PM

They are nicely made and shoot well. They are still being made, call CSMC for details.

We had one on exhibit at a Pheasants Forever event in Nebraska a few years ago, where the gun drew a lot of interest. The engraving style and configuration is consistant with late Remington-Parker production. The engraving is hand cut. The gun has a solid feel when shooting.

Autumn Daze · 12-24-2013, 04:29 PM

Bruce, You shot one of Tony's new Parker 28 gauges?! That must have been a treat.

Dean Romig · 12-24-2013, 10:30 PM

I've handled one and it really felt like the classic that it is. Exceptionally well balanced and very dynamic in mounting and swing. I bought a couple of $100 tickets when the RGS was raffling one but just couldn't seem to raise the $49K to buy one from Galazan.

Bill Murphy · 12-25-2013, 08:56 AM

As I recall, one appeared at the Vintagers a few years back. I don't recall who brought it down.

Big D · 12-25-2013, 10:32 AM

Remington offered a similar gun back in the early 80's (?) I've got the order sheet somewhere in my man pit. Seems to me that the price was about $12K. Not sure how many were ever built. Were the Del Gregos involved in that project?

Opening Day · 12-25-2013, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by John Dallas

Remington offered a similar gun back in the early 80's (?) I've got the order sheet somewhere in my man pit. Seems to me that the price was about $12K. Not sure how many were ever built. Were the Del Gregos involved in that project?

John, Remington never produced the gun, deposits were sent back to customers that ordered the gun. Seems the safetyon the gun and the legal department at Remington put an early end to the gun.

Bruce Day · 12-25-2013, 11:06 AM

John, Remington produced a limited number of 20ga A grades in the 1980's and provided them to executives. The gun had a modified Model 32 single trigger assembly . These were prototypes for a production run which did not proceed. In the 1990's, the PGCA acquired the remaining available new A 20ga and through a mail in auction, sold it to a member in SoCal. That gun was sold again last year. There is a Parker Pages article by Austin Hogan about these few guns that might answer any questions you have. The PGCA produced a single fold flyer about the gun and auction and provided that to all members and DGJ subscribers. I still have my copy.

I know of no connection of this project to the Del Grego's.

Bill Zachow · 12-25-2013, 12:30 PM

The last time I was in the Remington archives, besides the record books, they still had a couple of rough finished Parker guns from the 80s run and numerous bins of internal parts. Do not know if they still have either gus or parts.

B. Dudley · 12-25-2013, 03:05 PM

I had the chance to see and handle one of the AAHE 28s at CSMC last year.
It was nice. They are fully made by CSMC with Remington only providing the licensing of the name and the website.
I personally hope that they consider making a lower grade. That way they would sell better to more common folk. Much like their Foxes are made in different grades. At $49k, the number of buyers are going to be limited.
I did ask them about how many they have actually sold since the beginning of their offering. They said only about a dozen.