GHE 28GA Skeet

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Dean, what information did Chuck and Bob provide that gave you information that your gun is a skeet gun?

These documents.


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[Big D]

Beach's letter describes it as a Skeet Grade. The Grade thing is interesting.

The Cody letter on my M21 2 barrel set is described as "Skeet Grade", and it was differentiated by features such as the larger Hessian forend. The 26"barrels are IC/Mod, and the 30's are F/M. Both sets are chambered for 3"shells. Hardly a gun for skeet

[Dean Romig]

Notice that on Bob's letter, a representation of the A&F records, lists the chokes as "Skeet 1 & Skeet 2" but especially the A&F handwritten record of "Parker Skeet Guns" lists the chokes as #1 & #2.

The chokes are actually .008" of constriction in the left barrel and .015" constriction in the right barrel. (Reversed chokes for Skeet guns was the practice then.)





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[Dean Romig]

Incidentally, I noticed the grip cap on the subject gun has been reinstalled backward which we all know neither Parker Bros. nor Remington would have done, nor allowed out the door like that, so I guess the stock may have been at least stripped and refinished.....





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[Bill Murphy]

Dean, thanks for the great information.

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

Beach's letter describes it as a Skeet Grade. The Grade thing is interesting.

The Cody letter on my M21 2 barrel set is described as "Skeet Grade", and it was differentiated by features such as the larger Hessian forend. The 26"barrels are IC/Mod, and the 30's are F/M. Both sets are chambered for 3"shells. Hardly a gun for skeet

Is the gun marked "SKEET" on the floorplate?

[Robert Brooks]

No research letter yet need to get one. Thanks Bobby

[Big D]

Kevin - No. The worksheet and the Cody letter both call it a skeet grade and it has all of the features associated with the skeet grade. I'm guessing they forgot to stamp it

[John Bastiani]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Incidentally, I noticed the grip cap on the subject gun has been reinstalled backward which we all know neither Parker Bros. nor Remington would have done, nor allowed out the door like that, so I guess the stock may have been at least stripped and refinished.....




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The records show that this gun was originally stocked with a straight stock from the factory. If the grip cap is installed backwards is this even a factory Parker stock?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by John Bastiani

The records show that this gun was originally stocked with a straight stock from the factory. If the grip cap is installed backwards is this even a factory Parker stock?

I think the jury's still on that regard John. The wood is appropriate for a Remington era Grade 2 but maybe a bit over the top in figure. Generally speaking the super nice figure on the lower grades didn't start appearing regularly until after the move to Ilion. To my mind the borders don't have that perfect concave mullering we might expect to see on a 1935 Meriden produced Parker but there was more than one person doing the checkering and each had his or her own style.





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