VHE stock.

[Double Lab]

Memo to G. Purtill;
You were going to steal my VHE 12, you practically stole that gorgeous A grade Fox and now the 20ga. skeet"? Well.... what's a buddy for? I'll drag it up to the Rock to drive you crazy.
Seriously, what about the Meriden CT markings?
Both Davids and Richard: how are your Remington guns marked on the rib and the grip cap?

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

As you will read in my upcoming research article, your gun being 240XXX is a Meriden Remington Parker and WOULD have Meriden markings. As we all have learned, the exceptions can rule. The first Ilion guns are 241XXX and USUALLY have a blank rib and sometimes an Ilion grip cap. But...... they were Yankees and the Connecticut guys who went north to Ilion were "Swamp Yankees" like me and they tended to use up what they had.

[Double Lab]

Can't wait to read your article. I have 4 Rem. Parkers- if you need to see them I could get them to you, otherwise if you need any info off them just ask.

Let me know about the "Rock" shoot as I'm going to make reservations this week

This will probably be addressed in your article, but what year,or serial # range did they start stamping Parker on the bottom of the receiver?

Sorry... this was supposed to be a PM and have no idea how to move it there.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

The first Remington Meriden parker is said to be 236XXX. But as Ralph English's old thread taught us, there were MANY transition guns that had neither Parker on the side nor the bottom. Then Parker became solely on the bottom. That is a good question- when did it start and based on the way Parker batched guns, it is probably impossible to narrow it to a single gun.

Yeah I apologize to David - we have messed up your thread with this drivel.

[B. Dudley]

Daryl,
Based on the apparent buffing line on the frame, your skeet gun has been fefijished by DelGrego. And also restocked, I suspect. Based on the typical Delgrego comb flute, not really correct to any original Parker.

[Richard Flanders]

My S-Gripped VH12 has on the bbls, "PARKER BROS. MAKERS. MERIDEN, CT. USA. VULCAN STEEL. This inscription is framed by arrows pointing inward towards the text. S/N 239189