New To Forum and To Parker 28 Gauge

[edgarspencer]

I just noticed, in the OP’s first post, the fourth picture shows a bit of the engraved stock shield. It appears to be engraved by the same hand that engraved the shield on my Delgrego/Runge upgraded CHE 28ga. This makes me believe that Delgrego and Robert Runge had a hand in at least the stock of the OP’s gun.
The first picture is my gun. The 2nd (double click it to enlarge it) is the OP's

[Researcher]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Show me the source that says it wasn't born a 28 gauge gun. The letter told you how it was built. That's the way it left the factory.

Chuck, what I said was "The serial number 131429 is not on the list of 28-gauge guns from the records, published in The Parker Story, page 1005." As much of page 1005 as I could get on my scanner --

Page 1005 The Parker Story 28-gauge Guns, no 131429.jpg

[edgarspencer]

Without taking anything away from the TPS authors, the time involved in searching the available books didn't permit the necessary scrutiny the research director afforded me. When I acquired 99687, the database said it found no records. This made no sense to me as 99686, and 99688 were listed in the serializations book (99686 is listed as a 28ga) The research director carefully examined the books and found that a red pencil mark obscured the numeral 7, but close examination showed it was a 28ga. The records further showed it was ordered with 99686, as an identical pair.

[B. Dudley]

The gun was a 28 that was sleeved and kept as a 28g. Who knows why, especially since the gun started out as fluid steel. I have seen it before.