Parker DHE Year of Manuf?

[Wild Skies]

Parker Reproductions contain a lot of this gun's DNA.

[Jeffrey Eley]

The Date Code Appears to be "AD"BRL Flats 1.jpeg

[Keith Doty]

WOW! Very nice and an heirloom to boot.

[Jeffrey Eley]

The Date Code on my Barrel Flats appears to be the letters "AD"

[Jeffrey Eley]

I added a pic of my barrel Flats, it's on P2 of this thread, Thanks to everyone who has rersponded.

[ArtS]

You have a 1-1/2 frame size too I believe.

[Dean Romig]

AD indicates a manufacturing date of March/1935

The other codes to the left of that core are service or repair dates as indicated by the 3.




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[Researcher]

AD A = March D = 1935

RD3 R = November D = 1935 3 = repair

XE3 X = December E = 1936 3 = repair

Unfortunately, no records of what repair was done survive.

Interesting that the gun has PARKER on the bottom of the frame and a Remington date code on the barrel flat but has the PARKER BROS. rather than PARKER GUN WORKS - OVERLOAD PROVED stamp.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

AD A = March D = 1935

RD3 R = November D = 1935 3 = repair

XE3 X = December E = 1936 3 = repair

Unfortunately, no records of what repair was done survive.

Interesting that the gun has PARKER on the bottom of the frame and a Remington date code on the barrel flat but has the PARKER BROS. rather than PARKER GUN WORKS - OVERLOAD PROVED stamp.

The manufacture of the gun could have begun prior to the 1934 date when Remington took control of the Parker Gun Works but finished and shipped during Remington ownership...?





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[Dean Romig]

Either of the two repair dates could have been when the forend wood was replaced.





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