1928 SBT Upgraded?

[Ralph Miller]

Thanks for the feedback.

"The curvature of the wrist doesn't look like Parker, and the checkering appears finer. The Germanic carving, in my opinion, was done by a skilled hand, who probably did a lot of that work, and was likely a German craftsman. Same for the fore end. The added engraving is quite good."

I agree, probably performed by another engrave & wood carver.

I am hopeful that The Parker Letter investigation can uncover what the Remington work tag numbers stamped on the barrel indicate, what work was done. LK3 (Feb 1941) and ANN3 (Mar 1944). That may indicate additional engraving and carving in-side, or outside the Remington factory?

[edgarspencer]

As Brian and Dean have indicated, a PGCA research letter will only reflect how it left the factory, and any subsequent work Parker performed. Since it’s quite unlikely the carving and engraving was done by Parker, that work would not be addressed.

[Pa SxS]

Ralph, your research letter went in the mail today. Unfortunately the information contained in the letter is only based on the stock book entry, the order books ended in December 1919. Any special work asked for would have been entered in the order book.

It's a SB grade gun. The engraving on the action is original. I can't tell if the case colors are original but based on the case colors on the fore-end iron, I don't think they are. The engraving on the barrel is not of the quality that either guns manufactured in Meriden or Ilion NY. Looks very large and not like the rest of the scroll engravings. The fore-end and stock may or may not be original. The carving has a definite Germanic style. I don't see a mullard boarder on the checkering. The nose flute looks good but the best way to tell if the wood is original is to separate the metal from the fore-end wood and lift the trigger guard tang out of it's channel and rotate it 1/4 turn CCW. You should see the S/N's stamped in the wood plus a #5 stamped in the trigger guard channel. Personally I don't think the wood is original to the gun.

Unfortunately we don't know what the Remington repair codes mean, we only know the month and year the gun was returned for service.

If your pleased with the gun, that's all that counts. Go out and shoot it, that's what it was made for and before you ask, as long as the barrel is within specs, you can shoot any modern trap load.