DHE double trap

[Phil C]

It may just be the angle of the picture but the BT forend seems very flat on the underside.

[Twoatlow8]

I would be interested to see the three digits stamped on the bottom of the vent rib. That will tell the story.

[Pa SxS]

Or the underside of the trigger guard or even the 2 or 3 digits found on small parts.

[Bill Murphy]

The "Titanic" marking on the rib is way out of character with the surrounding legend.

[Researcher]

It suddenly dawns on me that the RKS on the right barrel flat and the partial P on the left are vestiges of PARKER GUN WORKS OVERLOAD PROVED stamp --

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which apparently was mostly removed.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

The "Titanic" marking on the rib is way out of character with the surrounding legend.

Bill is correct. And why would a 242 thousand Remington Parker have any barrel rib markings ?

We know that in the 242 range there were guns assembled from remainder components after the close of production . These guns are not in the serial number records and tended to be higher grade and unusual in some way . Larry DelGrego Sr assembled some of these into the 1950’s and I understand others were done at the nearby Lefever shop.

The triplet blonde C grades cased together come to mind. They were owned by Bill Sefken and sold to I don’t know whom now.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

The "Titanic" marking on the rib is way out of character with the surrounding legend.

The legend on some, if not most, ventilated ribs were hand engraved rather than roll-stamped.This appears to be an example of that. And you can see that there was a word, mostly polished out, beneath the engraved TITANIC.





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[John Davis]

Picky, picky, picky. From a purely collectors view point, probably not a gun you'd be interested in. From a shooters stand point, you'd be lucky to own this gun and should thank Del Grego for all his hard work.

[BS]

Thank you for all of the observations. This is the kind of information I was hoping to gather.
- I will look for the three digit serial number under the rib, I couldn't find one under the last vent rib gun I had but I'm told it there if the lighting is just right.
- I will remove the trigger guard to see if there are any serial numbers.
- And I will try and get a better photo or look through a loop at the Titanic legend on the rib. what is the thought here with the vent rib legend? Is it that someone would engrave over another legend or should the wavy lines should have been continuous without space for the legend?
- What do the letters RKS stand for as related to Parker Proof barrels?
Again thank you to everyone for all comments, no offense here, just want to represent the gun properly
- Brett

[David Noble]

The RKS are the last three letters of the word “WORKS” as in Parker Gun Works Overload Proved.