vhe 1/2 size frame

[Austin W Hogan]

I need to dig out my notes from the article on closing the Parker operation at Ilion that appeared in PP a few years ago. As I remember, there were no 2 or 1 1/2 frames available, and there were some started 000 frame 410s that could not be completed because there were no 000 fore end irons. The availability of 0 fore ends apparently let them complete 1/2 frame twelves.
My own assessement of the situation, from reading that material, is that Remington was making barrels and stocks on their machinery in Ilion, but that all the frame and fore end forgings had come from Meriden.
Best, Austin