Parker barrel length

[Alligator]

Jim: Thanks for the wake up! That's exactly what it is in this case although the full matching serial number is stamped in the normal place on the left side of the barrel lug. "Shows to go ya" anything is possible. I have owned many Parkers in 75 years but this may be a first as far as my records go with this stamp in this place and not on the barrel flats where most order numbers are and have nothing to do with the serial number. I will work up some pix soon. I plan to shoot some "clays" with it Sunday and may decide then whether to keep it or not. It isn't a CHE but just a very good shooter. Thanks, Lee.

[Bill Murphy]

We don't really know what you are talking about. Is the 835 part of the serial number or is it not? Full four or five digit numbers on the barrel flats are order numbers for very early hammer guns, not hammerless guns of the later years. In 75 years, you have certainly seen hammerless guns with the last three numbers of the serial number on the rear of the barrel lug.

[Alligator]

Bill: Yes 835 is the last three in the serial number. I haven't owned as many Parker's as most of you so I guess I'm saying it may have been there all the time and I was to dumb not to notice it until now. I'm sure not every one I have owned ( a mere pittance by most standards) had this mark but they may have. I just checked three others and only this one has the numbers. The rest are circa 1929, and 1931, this one is 1908. My 1878 Lifter has the 4 digit numbers on the barrel flats as you state. Gosh, I love it "when dawn breaks". I think it's nearing time to see if my marbles are loose in the bag. Thanks for the info, Lee.