Parker guns with the "wrong" barrels

[ed good]

I have a 1935 vintage ghe with vhe barrels. Remington date code R D and vh in circle stamp on barrel flats suggest these barrels are original to gun. factory letter confirms gun is a g grade and confirms production date of November 1935, but makes no mention of barrel steel grade.

does any one else have a parker with what appear to be the "wrong " factory barrels?

pictures and letter references would be great to see here!

[Dean Romig]

I think the gun is self-explanatory. The letter says the gun was ordered in November of 1935. The Remington code "R D" indicates November of 1935. It's all right there... that's the set of barrels the gun was made with. For whatever reason or lack thereof, we will never know why a set of Vulcan Steel barrels was originally fitted to a Grade 2 Parker... but it was.

[ed good]

dean: how about this:

parker barrel joiner says to Remington boss man: "we are out of special steel barrels for this gh order." remington boss man says: "put what ya got on it and ship it!"

[AmarilloMike]

Mr. Romig that does make sense but the barrels are fit so poorly and in such an unworkmanlike manner. I can't imagine that a Parker or Remington employee did that work. Is it possible that in the past some rascal that knew the Parker repair date codes and the date of the gun's manufacture added the date codes to the water table to add to the value of the gun? I can't imagine that the Remington shop let this gun out with this poor of a fit:



This picture is for comparison:


I think the case colors on the lower gun are "aftermarket" by the way.

[ed good]

mike: not seeing the poor fit that you are seeing?

and the receiver case colors on the the lower gun look aftermarket to me, as well.

[AmarilloMike]

In the lower gun can you see how the "bead line" on the bottom of the barrels flows into the line between the ball and the flat of the reciever? That is standard. The top gun the beadline slopes down and away from the ball/flat and misses it by probably an 1/8".

Also it appears to me that the barrel breech face extends beyond the ball down low. That the breech face stick out to the side, but just on the bottom.