Yes there certainly is evidence. You don’t get to be one of the most highly respected gunmakers in the the country, or even the world, if you didn’t have standards.
Every Parker made came with patterning tags with powder and shot load data including specific measurements. Anyone who chose to use greater loads than those specified on the tags did so at their own peril... to life and limb... or digits.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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