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Bill, there is definitely something special about the Parker SBT. I never owned one before, but was sure missing a great example of fine craftsmanship. I plan on shooting my SBT one of these days, and maybe look for another one.
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Okay - finally... the serial number. At first I thought I read 227591 but it turns out 227591 is a Trojan. Looking more closely I read it now as 227691 which is a SC H 2 S 12 32 so it now appears the whole gun was upgraded and what a work of art, certainly equal to the SB's being produced in Meriden.
It has two separate Remington service codes which begs the question, "Did Remington perform the upgrade?" .
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Dean should know that, when Robert Runge was doing these upgrades, there was no Serialization Book, and for the most part, no PGCA. He did not "pick his upgrades by using guns that were not in the book". The Georgia Boys provided the most entertaining reading by using serial numbers of faked up guns in their advertising. When the SB was published, we could compare their guns to the guns as manufactured.
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Trying to get up to speed on my SBT, it being my first. The S/N is 227591, as stamped in four places, and I also noticed that it did not match the B grade in the Parker gun I.D & Serialization (2002) book. I also just received my Parker Story book, but I have barely scratched the surface of all the detailed material, what a great book. So here are some more pics to show you what I am seeing. I really appreciate your help in identifying my SBT correctly.
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Ralph, although your gun has been "customized", I don't believe it's been "upgraded". But a letter from the PGCA should be able to settle that question.
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I don’t think we know WHO upgraded this SBT do we Bill?
I sure don’t. To me this gun doesn’t say “DelGrego.” There’s another thread going on, “Open letter to...” that discusses the DelGrego and Runge families... .
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Nope, don't know who upgraded this gun. Why do we assume it was not a B when built? Singles are not usually identified by grade in the stock books, at least not correctly noted by grade.
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All I know is what I read in the Serialization book beside the gun's serial number...
SC H 2 S 12 32 If it is not unethical to do so, maybe Chuck will chime in to either confirm or deny what the serialization book shows. .
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