Hi Breck - Please educate me… who was John Blaze?
It has always been accepted that the Laminated Steel barrels on Parker Bros. shotguns made in late 1877, all of 1878 and early 1879 with the P stamped on the right barrel flat were made by Parker Bros. own barrel makers having been trained by a few English barrel makers who were brought over specifically to train Parker’s barrel makers.
Was John Blaze one of the gents who came over to train in-house employees or contractors?
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