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Craig, I would presume that to be the case but I would expect Parker or Remington, whomever did the ejector conversion, to have asked the customer of his preference of checkering patterms... assuming it wasn't "checked all over" to begin with.
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I would not necessarily call a full cover checkered forend as “standard” on grade 5 guns in a given period. Maybe somewhat more common on later guns. But either the multi-point pattern or full cover would be appropriate for the grade.
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10-03-2023, 06:29 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I just thumbed through my catalogs and the large catalogs (flying Brandt, pine cones, etc.) show the full coverage on the Qualities AH(E) and BH(E) well before those thrifty Yanks sprung for a new cut of the AH(E) and BH(E) for the pocket catalogs. First pocket I have with the full coverage is 1927.
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10-03-2023, 06:34 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Actually, according to pg. 308 of TPS in the Grades section, seems to indicate the full coverage checkering pattern was in fact a standard pattern. But the B grade could be ordered with any feature (within reason and good taste) that a customer wanted, and if fully checkered forend was available it seems to have been ordered at least as often as the C-grade style of checkering.
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10-04-2023, 04:27 AM | #7 | ||||||
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OK thanks all, I thought I could pin down the date the ejectors were added based on the checkering style of the forend, no such luck. One other question. The forend with the full checkering is more blunt/rounded at the tip. Is that any clue to the time period made?
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10-04-2023, 06:13 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Craig,
I found my letter this morning and as much as I thought it mentioned it, it doesn’t. Not sure where I thought I saw fully checkered as an option. The mind does some interesting things as I get older.
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10-04-2023, 06:40 AM | #9 | ||||||
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There was a DHE 20 gauge w/ 30" barrels that sold a couple of years ago that had a letter stating the gun was to have a fully checkered forend. I reviewed the letter and the gun.
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10-04-2023, 07:31 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Generally speaking Craig, the more rounded or blunt forend is how Remington would have made it. Not saying yours was done by Remington but that is a distinct possibility.
Are there any Remington service codes on the barrel flats? .
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