Hammer gun acquisition
I picked up an old parker hammer shotgun over the weekend. If the barrels are judged to be sound enough, I will look to get gun back into shootable form.
The barrels are somewhat silvered out, with hard to see traces of Damascus pattern. The hammers/locks appear to work, and the stock is in reasonable shape.
My main concern is the pitting that resides in the barrels and how to judge if any imperil safe operation of the shotgun. Anyone have any experience on where to start on this project.
Appears to be a grade 2 with a serial number 45364. Appreciate any experiences with checking out this as a restoration candidate.
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