Hoorray!!
I have been asking for nearly a year now for anyone to show a picture of the barrel flats of Laminated barrels with the P stamp!
Finally we see a 16 ga. example.
Parker Bros. made their own barrels for a short period in 1877 - 78 - and 79 according to Charles A. King, Superintendent of the Parker Bros. Gun Works until 1910, during a senatorial hearing. The set I have is distinctive in that each tube is composed of three separate sections of distinctly different Laminated patterns welded together during the barrel-making process so there is no discernible "seam" where the sections were joined.
There is no definitive proof that these are actually those made at Meriden but evidence leads to that conclusion.
Thanks for showing yours. If you could post a better picture I would like to save it to my files. What is the condition of yours?
Best, Dean
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