Parker 410 frame

[John Bastiani]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;369464]The 000-frame is or became the standard .410 frame. The prototype was built on a 00-frame and maybe a few more but there certainly aren't many that I know of

Dean: I recently purchased a book " American and British 410 Shotguns". In the Parker section on page 62(2nd paragraph) I found my VH 410 listed by serial number as having a 00 frame. I will quote some of the paragraph and hope to get your opinion and others. Quote: [Virtually all original 410's were made on the 000 frame after 1928.Subsequently however a couple of rare 410's appear to have been manufactured originally on the 00 frame including a VH 410 serial number 237257(my gun) and a GHE SN 231691. The latter guns stock book is missing.] I don't know how accurate the information is in this book but my frame is stamped 00 and I always thought this was a factory error and should have been stamped 000 being a 1935 gun. I would like to know where the author got this information and what he means by the stock book which it sounds like where he retrieved the information on my gun. This gun was also owned by Mr. Charles Price at one time and he pictured it in the Parker Story 3 times but doesn't make note that is was on a 00 frame.