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Hi Unregistered,

On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...

So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.

Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...

I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..

John D.

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01-12-2010, 06:59 AM

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Dean Romig PGCA Invincible Life Member

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The first Parkers were hammer guns from about 1867 and the hammerless was introduced in about 1887. The hammer gun was continued until about somewhere soon after WW I. The first hammer guns were of the T-Latch design but were soon replaced by the lifter. Then came the top action but it had a straight lever and the gun could not be opened without first decocking the right hammer. The "fishtail" or serpentine top lever was developed to allow the gun to be opened safely without the sometimes unsafe decocking of the right hammer.

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