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Unread 04-08-2013, 03:44 PM   #11
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What gauge are they?
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Mine are 28,20 &16. I recently sold a GHE 12ga skeet gun also with 26 inch bbls.
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I also have 26" guns but..I had a friend w/ a PhD that when told only 25% of Americans have a college degree said that was way low and impossible because everyone he knew had a college degree...Many of the books are missing but if one adds up what is in the Parker Story one gets 14,912 26" barrels out of 242,487 guns made. I know the 20ga Damascus 26" barrels # in the Parker Story is wrong (says 2 were made) and Chuck Bishop feels there are at least 260 but still 15,000 out of 242,487 or 6% is not common...
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They are not that rare, or else TPS would have included a table showing 26" guns. But the "short barrel" list is 24" or less.
26" barrels would not have been considered standard. They would have been specifically ordered that way by the customer. I would say that 26" barrels were more popular in those days than they are today. That may be why finding them pop up from time to time today is not all that uncommon.
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I don't know about that Trojans came standard with 26",28" and 30" barrels. 26" barrels were not a special order.
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I have a GHE damascuss 20 w26 inch bbls and have my eye on a CHE damascuss 20 also with 26 inch bbs so TPS figure is definately wrong there.

Does anybody have an idea of how many 20ga 30 inch damascuss bbl guns were produced?
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Twenty-six inch barrels were offered as a stock length on all gauges from .410 through 12 gauge. 10 gauge Parkers with original 26" barrels should be considered rare... in the case of the 8 gauge, 'unique'... and that one could even be a misprint.
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A good copy of the "errata" from TPS may correct the 20 gauge Damascus error. I don't have the final copy of "errata". Maybe Bill Mullins or Charlie Price will comment on the availability of this document.
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C.L. Scott says 6% missing numbers in the SB would be "uncommon". Uncommon or not, the approximate number of guns in missing books is a matter of record, not a matter of guesswork. We know which stock books are available for research, and we know which ones are missing. We also know approximately how many guns are listed in the missing books. The authors made their best attempt to extrapolate the missing guns when computing their totals. In my opinion, that may have been an error in judgement, but they did what they did. If it were left to the uninformed reader, the result would not have been as accurate. Not every reader of TPS is an experienced Parker collector or student.
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What a great discussion! But one quick correction of what I was saying with the 6% number. I wasn't saying that 6% of the records are missing (I am not sure what that number is but I expect it is addressed somewhere in TPS). What I was saying is that of the records known, 15,000 26" barrels out of 242,487 gun produced is 6%. And that 6% out of 100% represents something that is not common. The question is with 5-7 barrel lengths possible, is 6% unusual (do other lengths represent 6% or 20% or 40% or 60%, etc.) On the Errata notes (I have the insert and page 1043-1044 in Vol 2) where is the 20ga Damascus reference -- I have the 20ga GH Damascus "restored" PGCA 2008 auction gun and my research prior to getting it showed that the Newsletter saying there were only 2 was incorrect.
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