PH grade barrel type

[WHO]

Considering that the PH grade was discontinued in 1927 and the last recorded Parker Steel barrels date from 1931, what steel type would Parker have used if a PH gun was sent back to the factory in 1936 for a second set of barrels?

[Dean Romig]

Unless a customer wanted the specific grade of barrel steel which a gun would originally been made with (excluding Damascus or any of the other composites) Vulcan Steel would have been used for a replacement set. That was the least expensive. Customers who sent back higher grade Parkers for barrel replacement were certainly given the option of barrel steels, Titanic, Acme, Peerless again cost would have been a factor. Remember, the price for an extra or replacement set of barrels was half the price of the gun and many chose less expensive replacement barrels. If there were any remaining sets of composite steel barrels in inventory I imagine that may have been an option as well - to match the barrels the gun may have been made with. Some time after the move to Illion in late '37 - early '38 the inventory of barrels made in Meriden ran out and Remington made their own barrels with no rib inscription or any other identification of barrel steel.

[Researcher]

The very early BH-Grade 20-gauge that passed through the Spokane area last year was rebarreled by Remington in 1937 with a plain rib set of barrels that were stamped V-Grade on the left side of the barrel lug.

[Dean Romig]

The V-Grade stamp on that set is very interesting. The folks at Remington could have used a little bit of imagination and changed that to B-Grade pretty easily.

[WHO]

If the gun was sent back to Parker in 1936 for an additional set of barrels, which set of barrels would be stamped with the Remington repair date, the original or new set?

[Dean Romig]

The new set.