Aftermarket Vent Rib?

[Hammer Gun]

Bruce is right most factory vent ribs I have seen have part of the serial number stamped between the second and third post, and you will need a dental mirror to see it Gary

[Dean Romig]

Most often it is the last three digits of the gun's serial number stamped on the bottom of the rib.





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[Randy Roberts]

The last 3 digits under the rib can be tricky to spot for my eyes however outdoors they tend to jump out at me. The lack of the numbers does not mean the rib is not correct, I have seen guns that letter that lack the numbers under the rib. I have a BHE that letters as a VR gun and it has one digit or letter only under the rib. I have tried to convince myself if is a 5 for the grade but honestly I cannot tell if it is a 5 or an S or possibly neither and I have stared at it a bunch.

[johnhurt]

well, i used to do a lot of trading with steve, and i still buy a few things from august morris; have no idea if that's who i sent it to back in the day, might be. you know how guns shift around between dealers before they find a home. if memory serves, the barrel flats have a marking indicating that there was a second barrel. at that time, your collecting club was a paper newsletter (which i advertised in a few times, for the lost barrels), and no factory letter was available on any parker. times have changed, apparently...i am told that a factory letter of some kind can be obtained, though i may be misinformed. do you ever use the gun?

[Drew Hause]

Kevin made a post back on p. 1 and I suspect he was referring to George McCarty
https://traphof.org/inductees/detail...carty-george-s

This ad was in Sporting Life January 9, 1909 and he appears to be holding a SBT



Forest McNeir, George McCarty, Charles Newcomb 1940s at the Marshall Marathon



Close up of the guns covered with jackets. Gun on right looks like a Smith, on left maybe a Model 21?



I couldn't find any other images of McCarty with a gun

[Dean Romig]

John, for the education of those who do not know about the flat top of the breech face can you show a picture of the breech face without the barrels of both guns side by side?

Dave Suponski wrote a pertinent article that I published in Parker Pages some ten or more years ago but my PC is at the shop right now so I don’t have the ability to look it up in a timely manner.



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[John Davis]

Original right, aftermarket left.

[John Davis]

Original top, aftermarket bottom.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks John.

My goodness... The aftermarket barrels also appear to have been sleeved.




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[John Davis]

Correct