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Bob Roberts
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Posted: Wed Jun 3rd, 2009 02:38 pm |
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My friend Tom Schiffer just emailed this:
I was a member of the Parker Collector's Assn but suffered a relapse a year or so ago...have purchased a Parker No. 30306 a hammer double with top snap, 28 in bbls etc. what if anything can you tell me about it? Annie's Parker is No.30203. Sherm Bell tested one with proof loads and it did not fail...Ser No. 30312. I don't have any books, the Parker is about a week or so away from me and the Parker site is in a state of flux and I have lost my user name and password! Other than that...
I thought that you had a book or two on the subject.
I've checked the site and records for a letter are available, but I'm at work and all my books are at home. Does anyone have the Serial Number book at hand so Tom can as soon as possible know what is on the way to him? Tom, as many of you know, is a writer and photographer of no small accomplishment and I would suppose photos will be forthcoming when he gets reconnected with the forum and PGCA.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Bob
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Wed Jun 3rd, 2009 03:02 pm |
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| 32" 12 gauge with plain twist barrels, zero grade. Probably made on a heavy #2 frame. Capped pistol grip. The assumption would be that the gun your friend purchased has barrels that have been cut, but it could be that they were not cut. Last edited on Wed Jun 3rd, 2009 03:19 pm by Bill Murphy
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Thomas Schiffer
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Posted: Thu Jun 11th, 2009 01:06 am |
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Bill Murphy wrote: 32" 12 gauge with plain twist barrels, zero grade. Probably made on a heavy #2 frame. Capped pistol grip. The assumption would be that the gun your friend purchased has barrels that have been cut, but it could be that they were not cut. My thanks to you, Bill and to my friend Bob Roberts for the initial posting re 30306. This is a preliminary report since I am getting ready to go to the shoot at Friendship, Indiana and do not have time to take and post pictures just now. No. 30306 arrived today and I found a basically sound T? grade hammer Parker and the metal is covered with light surface rust held by old oil that has turned to varnish. The obvious defect is the starboard hammer which is loose on the tumbler and, depending upon how it is closed, a SLIGHT bit of shake sometimes in the barrel fit...off face? The "book" sez 32" tubes but these measure 28" on the money and since there is no matting on the rib, no clue there. To my uneducated eye, they look "factory" to me...albeit they are cyl and cyl...bores a bit pitted. Instead of a number 2 frame, I find a number 1 (1.060" between the eyes). The weight of the gun is 7 # 6 oz on my baby scale. All numbers seen match including the ghost number on the inside of the steel buttplate. The stock is quite straight at 1 5/8"; 2 1/8" x 14 1/4" and the stock is quite plain and appears to have been varnished over the checkering but may just be crud. Looking at the breech face, there is NO pitting whatsoever around the primer annulus. My interest in a "plain Jane" Parker is the serial number proximity to Annie Oakley's Parker No. 30203 which resided here for some time a couple of years ago and I fell in love with it. Her's was a 16 gage (this is 12 gage) and weighs about seven pounds but I don't remember the frame size and don't think I ever knew. I don't particularly know why anyone would be interested in an entry level Parker, but I'll try to answer any questions. I find the very fine line engraving quite charming and know how difficult that would be to do...ANY runout or runover would stick out like a sore thumb. Parts are soaking now. Any recommendations as to what to do to the stock?
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Thu Jun 11th, 2009 02:18 pm |
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| Tom, how did you arrive at the cylinder and cylinder verdict? If you didn't use a bore micrometer to compare, you may have gotten a false reading. Pre 1895 12 gauge Parkers often have bores measuring as large as .750. In that case, a cheap bore gauge would measure a full choke barrel as cylinder.
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