Remington Era 1/2 Frames

[B. Dudley]

Another important thing to remind people of is that the 1/2 frame was developed by Meriden around 1930. And the frames were actually produced by them as well. But no guns were built on them until after Remington ownership of Parker.

So, you will not find any examples of Meriden built 1/2 frame guns. Very few examples have surfaced that would appear to be earlier 1/2 frame guns, but they are actually original 1 frame 16g guns that were rebarreled with 1/2 frame 12g barrels by Remington at a later date.

It is commonly accepted that Remington never actually made any Parker frames in Ilion. They were just using up existing Meriden inventory.

I actually own a set of new old stock unfitted 1/2 frame barrels.

[Don Strelioff]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Another important thing to remind people of is that the 1/2 frame was developed by Meriden around 1930. And the frames were actually produced by them as well. But no guns were built on them until after Remington ownership of Parker.

So, you will not find any examples of Meriden built 1/2 frame guns. Very few examples have surfaced that would appear to be earlier 1/2 frame guns, but they are actually original 1 frame 16g guns that were rebarreled with 1/2 frame 12g barrels by Remington at a later date.

It is commonly accepted that Remington never actually made any Parker frames in Ilion. They were just using up existing Meriden inventory.

I actually own a set of new old stock unfitted 1/2 frame barrels.

I own a 1/2 frame 12 ga vhe Meriden stamped bbl 219532 . Not Remington but I believe dates to 1928 Update being a novice as far as Parker’s go when I reread the post I realized that I did not actually have a 1/2 frame gun but a 1 1/2 frame gun knowledge comes slowly sometimes. This is a great site .