24" PHE 16

[edgarspencer]

The Serialization book said my 24" 16 was 'sposed to be 28". I got a letter that also said 28", and I was convinced from the physical evidence that the gun was right as rain. There was order book and stock book info, so I accepted what the letter said. Was I too trusting of the letter? Isn't the data available to the researcher the same data that was used to publish the Ser. Book?
However, I'm not going to believe the book on that GH you were holding last Saturday, Dean. It says the gun is an ejector gun, and I don't know how someone could chop out ejectors, add to extractor fore ends, and remove trips from the action.
The table on the top right of page 268 of TPS says there were NO 24" Steel barreled PH guns.
Do you trust TPS? Look at the lovely 20 bore hammer C grade with Titanic Steel barrels on all of page 295, and then go to the tables on page 298 and halfway down the left side of the page it says the ONLY TL C grade with Titanic Barrels was one 12 gauge.

[Jean Swanson]

Bill :

Not to contradict you ,but it is my understanding that Roy Guther copied the stock books at Remington to establish the basic data base for the Parker Story , but he also went thru the order books an compiled basic info on guns of D grade and above .This info was used by Charlie Price to compile the techinical statistics for the Parker Story . After the Parker Story was published ,permission was granted by Remington to allow Fjestad to creat the publication of the "Identification & Serialization " using the info previously memtioned . In conclusion , the Identification & Serialization book contains more info than just stock books ,but has excluded ALL info contained in order books of grades BELOW D grade . This is from memory from being aroud the authors of the Parker Story . This should clarify some of the myth .

Either Charlie Price or Bill Mullins can varify this .
Respectfully
Allan