Hammer gun load advice

[Bruce Day]

This is a Quality G 12/28 and is fully original except that I personally applied a top coat of Timberluxe to the stock to correct a few light scratches and dullness.
The barrel and chamber dimensions are shown. The choke length is the 4 1/2, the original chambers are 2 7/8.

We were at Pheasant Fest in MSP in February and displayed about 30 Parkers . That was a short drive from you .

Your gun is several years newer than mine. I’m sure you know that smokeless powder was in widespread use by the late 1890’s and even required in many competition shoots. As Parker made Damascus barreled guns until 1927 , many have never seen black powder . Black powder cartridges were the cheap choice, even the base grade Parkers cost three times what many other guns cost and I suspect that many owners did not shoot the cheap shells when offered a choice.