Last Park

[David]

I have a Remington era Parker date codes date it being made in march of 1940 when was the last parker made Thanks

[Bill Murphy]

Most of the information available from Remington records points to sales figures and guns remaining in inventory on certain dates rather than dates of manufacture. The guns themselves, like yours, which exhibit Remington codes are the best source of informations about manufacturing dates. Some Parker Pages articles show Remington documents that give counts and sometimes serial numbers of guns in inventory on some late dates. One document shows some interesting gun that needed completion on 12/9/42. Another document, dated April 29, 1946, indicates that 241 guns were sold in 1942. The last year on that chart is 1942, indicating somewhat that no guns were sold in the years between 1943 and 1945. Other documents may add quite a bit of information to the ones that I illustrated. Rumor has it that Remington completed, sold, and/or gave away Parker guns into the fifties. Only the stamps on the guns can tell us when those guns were actually manufactured. What is the serial number of your gun which was apparently manufactured in March of 1940? What is the actual mark on your gun?