Questions on Remington Parker

[Phil C]

I will post pictures later today to get an opinion on condition. I know condition is everything. That said how close is the Blue Book to reality in today's Parker market?

[Bruce Day]

How close? The Parker section is written by PGCA pres. Bill Mullins from reported sales one year ago. Got a better report of sales values?

There is always anecdotal hearsay. Take the Blue Book as a strong indicator, kind of like land, horses and old Chevys.

[Brush Buster]

Possibly one of you Gentlemen with a better memory and more knowledge than myself could post about the descriptions in the Serial# Identification book as to the late Remington guns being described as all or most all of them having ," Capped Pistol Grips " when in fact a lot of them were straight Stocked guns as is this one although the book says Capped Pistol Grip ! Seems to me years ago when I bought my first Remington Parker ,this was pointed out to me on a thread way back when ,does anyone else remember this and would you mind posting what You know about this ? If I am mistaken on what I think ,then I would appreciate the info. myself ! Thank You ; Russ

[Bruce Day]

On the IBM cards, if no grip was identified, the default entry was CPG. The IBM cards were an in house historical report , not a production build sheet.

[Phil C]

Thanks for the feedback on the Blue Book and how values are figured and by who. Clearly I was not aware of this. Thanks for this information. Like my 3rd grade teacher used to tell us it's a poor day you do not learn at least one new thing.

[Drew Hause]

The 'White Line' Recoil Pad was patented by Frank Pachmayr 1-28-35 #2091010, but made by Fray-Mershon of Los Angeles. Pachmayr manufactured the pad after WWII

[Pa SxS]

Bruce is correct that the IBM cards don't show grip type so the default used in the Serialization Book was pistol grip.

I have a VH built at the end of 1937 that had a white line recoil pad on it. I couldn't tell if it was original but it was partially crushed and fossilized. There was no makers name on the pad, just the typical white line spacer.

[Researcher]

A two barreled A-1S set in 28ga is owned by a major collector friend

Is this the gun C.T. "Buck" Buckman of California bought from W.O. Rowley from Dallas, Texas, for $3000 and wrote of in his book 75 Years with the Shotgun? I finally scored a copy of Buckman's book at The Vintage Cup this year.

[Fishtail]

When it comes to Parkers, condition is not everything. It's a big factor, but so is rarity, desirability, etc. We've all seen some pretty ratty Parkers bring good money just because they had really small bores or lots of engraving.

[Phil C]

Actually there was 2 20 gauge VHE one Pistol grip double trigger gun, the other a straight grip single trigger. Not the best pictures but best I could get under the circumstance. Guns are no longer for sale by the owner. I may have been a little conservative on condition after looking them over. Granted screws in the wrong holes on one. I could trade my left one for the straight grip. I believe it was made November 1941.S/N 242177. What s the highest number document so far? Oh well I know who the caretaker is of these cool guns.