Hello! New Member

[Ethan Lane]

Hello! Just introducing myself. Recently acquired a Parker hammer top action 10 gauge. outside of the barrel is in rough shape with significant pitting, but bores are bright and shiny. Finally got it taken down for basic cleaning. Locks up tight and it's on face. Chip in the toe, but that's just cosmetic. Everything functions smoothly.

Serial # 78530 all matching (according to the database made 1893)
No grade stamp (so I figure 0 or 1 grade)
Frame size 3 (barely noticeable)

(The other SxS is a E. James & Co Birmingham England 10 Ga.... another project)

I will have some questions about properly helping out a slightly deformed trigger guard. it's been bent in a few places and can be scary during install and disassembly.

Anyway, Cheers!
-Ethan

[Harold Pickens]

A worthy project gun Ethan. The exterior of the barrels may clean up nicely with a Big 45 Frontier pad. I would have the barrel wall thickness measured to make sure the bores havent been excessively honed. There is a great thread in the Reloading forum on loading for the 10 gauge.

[Ethan Lane]

Thanks for the reply Harold. I've already ordered a couple big 45 pads and have done what I can so far with a brass bristle brush to gently help out some of the most offending areas without damaging what's left of the finish.

I've measured the bore/chamber sizes and I'm getting .745-.747 at the muzzle for each barrel and .850-.855 at the chamber.

Barrels look like this in the attached pics. There are a couple of pits here and there but everything else is shiny and smooth.