My First parker

[Fred Slyfield]

Folks my new Parker is a 16 gauge(serial # 1653XX) made in 1913, it is marked with vulcan steel barrels,

I guess my first question is the steel in this gun ok to shoot modern factory 2-3/4 lead loads or would I be better off sticking with lighter RST loads?

I have only fired the gun with a couple primed hulls to make sure the firing pins were working properly, the gun has a slight crack in the wrist so I'm going to have that fixed before I shoot it.

The gun has great bores, no dents or pitting inside, the outside of the gun is well used, it spent most of its life on a farm in Nebraska, my dads friend who I got it from is in his late 80's, his father had bought it new in Nebraska.

Thanks for the help on this

Fred