1 1/2 frame guns are very common after about 1900 or so.
All Parker frame sizes are measured primarily by the firing pin spacing and all other frame dimensions follow that primary measurement.
Hammer and hammer less guns don’t necessarily share the secondary measurements but the firing pin spacing always does.
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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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