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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Two or three years ago we had quite a discussion here on this very topic. There were a good number of pictures posted by discussion participants and a lot of discussion ensued though I don't think we arrived at anything conclusive.
I'm sure someone could dredge up those old threads and link them right here.
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Dean, I searched and did not find a thread on this topic. We did however, have a significant discussion with photos on rib matting terminations. Perhaps that was what you recalled?
I'm not sure others had noticed that there are differences.
Bill, no letter that I know of mentions it and I have letters on guns with the narrow ribs that could. But, I have not asked Mark if he has seen any mention of it. The rib issue is the sort of matter that I believe individual shooters could have a preference, I know that on a longer barrel for long deliberate shots, I prefer the narrow rib. Others prefer the raised ventilated rib for the same targets.
Others have raised that it is a weight and balance issue. I'm not sure that it is, because I can point to substantially equal guns with equal length barrels, and some will have the narrow rib, others the wider.
But there is a lot about Parkers I don't know, and this is another.
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