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The Remington-era Parkers were cyanide colored, as were the factory Repros. Custom Repros may have been done differently.

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Originally Posted By: Replacement
The Remington-era Parkers were cyanide colored, as were the factory Repros. Custom Repros may have been done differently.

As you undoubtedly know and per The Parker Story, Remington acquired the Parker Bros. gun business in 1934. They continued using the bone and wood charcoal casehardening process on all Parker guns made and assembled until ceasing operations in 1942. After World War II Remington replaced the bone and wood charcoal process with a cyanide process for all its casehardening work. There weren't a lot of Remington Parkers produced with the cyanide finish.

It's also arguable exactly how factory standard Repros were casecolored. Some say cyanide, others have opined some type of stain -- JR will let us know definitively.


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The case hardening on the two Repros (DHE) I had came off very, very quickly. Almost as if it was some sort of coating, basically sort of worthless. I have never put much store in it as any indication of gun usage.

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I have watched this thread and its various tangents for some time. The question that interested me most was that of the "Repro Collectiblility". I venture the following observation: It maters not if the Parker Repro, the Ithaca Classic Double or the CSMC Foxes are "collectible" or not. The question is; are these guns worth significantly more if in original unfired condition?
AND THE ANSWER IS UNQUESTIONABLY YES!
Therefor: for those of us who are collectors it makes sense to keep these guns as pristine as possible.
I have some of each that are shooters and others that I preserve.
Bob Jurewicz

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