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Unread 11-03-2016, 04:44 PM   #1
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Default Foreend lug marking

Cleaning my 16ga GH, 85947 I noticed an x stamped on the bottom of the foreend lug. My VH made 20 years later doesn't have this. Curious to know what that mark signifies. Thanks guys
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Probably an inspector's mark.





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This X mark is observed on some other areas on Parker guns as times. And, other than Dean's suggestion. There are no others that make any real sense.
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Of course some of the others are actually + stamps rather than X stamps, though they are so similar in appearance.

The + stamps often seen on the breech end of barrel flats are believed by some collectors to indicate an overbored barrel.






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My 1890 C barrels have the same "X" stamp on the lug.
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