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Unread 11-10-2021, 08:09 PM   #1
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Okay Guys ,as long as I have been chasing Parker Shotguns I probably should know the answer to this but I Do Not so here it is ! Did Parker ever make a 410 with 2 1/2" Chambers and if so does anyone know what year the 3" Chambering came to be ? Thank You !
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Good discussion about this very recently on this site, I think.
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I did a search but didn't come up with it ,do you recall the outcome of it Bill ?
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The Parker Bros. .410-bore was introduced circa 1926, and the 3-inch .410-bore shell was introduced in mid-1933, along with the Winchester Model 42 pump.

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I have only ever been around a handful of 410 Parker's but all I have seen have been 3" ! Since so many years passed between the Introduction of the 410 Chambering and the 3" Shell you would assume the 3" is on the rare side and the 2 1/2 would be the most common although that doesn't seem to be the case ! As for value does the 2 1/2" Chambering add or deduct to the value of the gun and has anyone ever owned or seen a 2 1/2" chambered Parker 410 ,what is the opinion ? I always assumed the Parker 410's that were built on the OO Frame may have been 2 1/2 but maybe that isn't the case either ??
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A recorded 259 Parker .410’s were built before 1933, give or take. And we don’t know how far into or after 1933 the 2 1/2” chamber continued. So my guess is that well over half of the entire number of .410’s produced would have started out as 2 1/2” chambered guns.





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This may sound stupid Dean but with the step down on the 410 at the Chamber area do you suppose the Brothers P just chambered the 410 at 3" for some other particular reason , Pressure maybe ??? As I had ask does anyone own a 410 Chambered at 2 1/2 or ever actually measured one up ? I know most people don't own collections of 410 Parker Guns at the price of them just wondering !
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My guess is that the stepped barrel contiur was simply a matter of weight reduction.

I’ll go measure the chambers of all my .410’s…



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If it takes all day to get through them ,would you give me an update tomorrow !
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I like rare or lets just say " Unique " items and I just wonder if the different chamber length is like odd barrel Lengths or one of a kind Barrel Lengths etc .? Sort of like the the PH 20 Gauge I dug up a few weeks ago that letters with 25 1/2" Twist Barrels ! And By Golly it even has the Blank space in front of the Old Ivory Bead !
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