Aftermarket Vent Rib?

[johnhurt]

i used to own 222,223 many years ago, and always wondered what happened to it. regretted selling it off. it had a straight grip, factory beavertail and VR, and a Miller single trigger. did you know that it originally had a second set of barrels? i am certain that the second barrel set would have been 26" skeet/skeet VR. i used to advertise to find that second barrel set, at a time before the internet (and before parker collecting club had organized itself) to no avail. i am an advanced collector, just not of parkers, owning only a couple, and am not a member of that collecting club. just joined this forum so i could respond to finally relocating this particular gun. jc hurt

[Bill Murphy]

The picture the original poster sent would indicate a doll's head that doesn't fit quite flush. That poor fit brings into question the originality of the barrels. However, it would be very unusual to find a gun with a retrofitted set of ventilated rib barrels. More pictures would give more information.

[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by johnhurt

i used to own 222,223 many years ago, and always wondered what happened to it. regretted selling it off. it had a straight grip, factory beavertail and VR, and a Miller single trigger. did you know that it originally had a second set of barrels? i am certain that the second barrel set would have been 26" skeet/skeet VR. i used to advertise to find that second barrel set, at a time before the internet (and before parker collecting club had organized itself) to no avail. i am an advanced collector, just not of parkers, owning only a couple, and am not a member of that collecting club. just joined this forum so i could respond to finally relocating this particular gun. jc hurt

I have this gun. I bought it from Steve Barnet almost 20 years ago. I didn't know it had a second set of barrels.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

As inspired by this thread, I'll have to look more closely at my 30" vent rib DHE 28 gauge to see if it's original or after market. The book doesn't recognize it in the options section and now I know why that could be, thanks to Dave N.
Always something to learn on this site.

[Jeff K.]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

As inspired by this thread, I'll have to look more closely at my 30" vent rib DHE 28 gauge to see if it's original or after market. The book doesn't recognize it in the options section and now I know why that could be, thanks to Dave N.
Always something to learn on this site.

Dhe vent rib 30" 28 ga! Larry you really know how to hurt a guy!

[John Davis]

Original vent rib on the left, aftermarket on the right.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Originally Posted by John Davis

Original vent rib on the left, aftermarket on the right.

I should have clarified my response by saying after original production, then being returned for a Parker vent rib addition; like what was being discussed.
I do have one of those transitional guns like Reggie was showing, which was made in 1934, just after Remington took over. It does have the sharper V and the inscription on the top of the rib. At first I thought it might be one of the guns returned for a vent rib because it has so many codes on the barrel flats, but the book has it as a 23 extra code, so it had it when it left the factory. So, some of this other stuff was probably done later like the "no safety", large forend and single trigger. Choked skeet/skeet, but not marked that way on the barrel flats. Just a VH 12 gauge.