Rebarreled VHE

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dylan Rhodes

In the case of possibility number 2, could that “11” on the barrel flats be a Roman numeral 2 for a second barrel at that serial number? Or would Parker reuse the serial number with no indication that the barrel was not the original?
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my re-barrelled VH has the correct serial number and no #2 marking Roman or Arabic numeral

[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Rick Losey

my re-barrelled VH has the correct serial number and no #2 marking Roman or Arabic numeral

Thanks for the input, just trying to understand this gun. How is the balance? Wondering if they added weight to the rear end to rebalance on the pin.

[Researcher]

A second set of barrels that was added to one of my guns in the late teens or early 20s, "CT, U.S.A." but before the "Overload Proved" stamp and they have a 153 in the same area where yours has the 11. Mine also have the oval with the JG for Jim Geary, same as yours.

Are the forearm loop and the forearm iron marked with a 2?

In thumbing through my barrel flat pictures I see several guns with a one, two or three digit number in that area.

[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

A second set of barrels that was added to one of my guns in the late teens or early 20s, "CT, U.S.A." but before the "Overload Proved" stamp and they have a 153 in the same area where yours has the 11. Mine also have the oval with the JG for Jim Geary, same as yours.

Are the forearm loop and the forearm iron marked with a 2.

I am away on business but I can check tomorrow night. That seems like it would be the telltale sign it was a second set, and from the roll stamping we can narrow that down to pretty much immediately after it was manufactured correct?

Who is Jim Geary? Sounds like someone notable from Parker.

[Researcher]

Jim Geary was foreman of the barrel assembly shop. Earlier the oval had a WK in it for Walter King. The oval with the JG disappeared when the started using the PARKER BROS. OVERLOAD PROVED stamps.

[Dylan Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Jim Geary was foreman of the barrel assembly shop. Earlier the oval had a WK in it for Walter King. The oval with the JG disappeared when the started using the PARKER BROS. OVERLOAD PROVED stamps.

Thanks Dave, and when was that? Sorry for all the questions but you have to learn somehow.

[Researcher]

and when was that?

I've recorded this marking on 216976 --

216976 02 V in circle barrel steel.jpg

But no such marking on 217036 --

217036 01 VH, 16-gauge, xx-inch.jpg

From my observations the lowest serial number I've recorded with the PARKER BROS. OVERLOAD PROVED stamp on its original barrels is 219511 --

219511 01a.jpg

However, this could be a gun that languished in inventory as it has what appears to be a Remington date code of BD (B = January, D = 1935
)?!?

Here is 220042 with the PARKER BROS. OVERLOAD PROVED stamp --

220042 02.jpg