Reggie , Parkers came with two types of gun socks . To have an original is rare . Dave Suponski has a set of the lower grade ones.
The low grade Parkers came with an olive/ brown muslin two piece sock , each with a string tie, not a drawstring. D grades and higher came with a chamois tan flannel two piece sock of the same design. The Galazan gun socks are close to the originals. The flannel was like the old fawn chamois cloth shirts that L L Bean used to make and sell pre China .
I have previously posted photos of ones that my mother sewed from the originals. She is 97 now so I treasure them. Here they are again with my grandfathers PHE 16 .
And Bill Murphy is correct that the term that Parker used was “shirts”. The gun is broken down and the two pieces are inserted into the shirts then the gun sections are put into a leg of mutton case.
I think it highly likely that these shirts were sewn by various ladies local to Meridan at home piecework. I am sure that designs and materials differed over time. The ones you have may be original .
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