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Unread 12-01-2019, 05:40 PM   #1
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Default Parker 1/2 Frame 12 gauge Question

I know the Parker 12 gauge 1/2 frame is very rare, but does anyone know if because of the smaller frame the gun barrels were able to receive a 2 3/4” shell or if it was a standard 2 9/16” round on the 12 gauge. I’m curious in my search as a few articles I have read talk about how much of a joy this gun is to shoot and it is on my dream board to find this gun down the road. Thanks Eddy
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1/2 frames were very late Remington guns and the assumption is that they are mostly all 2 3/4" chamber guns. Hunt one down. They are sweet little guns.
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2-3/4” was the 12g standard by that time.

And... contrary to believe, the 1/2 frame 12g is not really all that light.
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Mine is stamped 2 3/4.
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I seem to recall there is a 1/2 frame A1 Special out there fully optioned with long barrels that weighs over 8 pounds.
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I would hope Del Grego wouldn’t of sent a gun back with the screws looking like that?
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Every time the 1/2 Frame gun is mentioned ,it is always said to be " Rare " which just accounting for how few we see they probably are ! I have seen an ad where the seller proclaimed 1 out of 75 or 80 guns ,has anyone ever attempted to do a Head Count of these wonderful guns ?
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If you want a light carry with big time wallop, try a 0 frame 16. Hits like a 12, carries like a 20.
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Every time the 1/2 Frame gun is mentioned ,it is always said to be " Rare " which just accounting for how few we see they probably are ! I have seen an ad where the seller proclaimed 1 out of 75 or 80 guns ,has anyone ever attempted to do a Head Count of these wonderful guns ?

Yes.

Craig Reynolds studied and documented 1/2 frame guns and wrote articles for PP on them.
He estimates that around only 200 were made. If I recall. I am not sure how he got to that conclusion.
The 1/2 frame was developed by Meriden in 1930. But it is accepted that Metiden never actually built any guns on the frames that they built. They were not used until the time that Remington ran out of 1 size frames when they started dipping into the stock of 1/2 frames. And it is also accepted that Remington never actually made any frames. They were working from Meriden made inventory and production stopped before they ever had to worry about it.
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