Parker Pages

[charlie cleveland]

dean did you re read the storey..i came up the same that the test on what barrels were tested were of the same steel..somebody else tell me if i am reading this wrong.. charlie

[Dean Romig]

Charlie, I had the same take that Mark Conrad had, e.g., that there were differences, however slight, in the measured elements in the test samples.

Re: the Repro barrel steel... these are made of modern chromium/molybdenum steel.

[Mills]

I felt the same way about Repros until I bought one. It is a great gun. They are not original Parkers, but good in their own right.

[edgarspencer]

As I previously said, Had I not found an original GHE 28 gauge, I would have seriously looked for and, in all likelihood, purchased a reproduction of a Parker 28 gauge. There are no real unfilled voids in my collection, of guns I have an intended use, such as upland hunting, trap, skeet or sporting clays. When I see a Parker that particularly strikes my fancy, and I can afford it, I step up, or shed something else, to make it happen. I have to honestly say that while I agree reproductions are well made, I have yet to see one that lights me up the way a well cared for, mid to high condition original gun does.

[Dean Romig]

Edgar's talking about an intangible persona - a karma - a 'life' from beyond our ken.

Someday our Repros will have it too... but first they must earn it.




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[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Edgar's talking about an intangible persona - a karma - a 'life' from beyond our ken..

Yeah, something like that. I guess. Oh, OK, I have no idea what you said, but I know you do, so it must be so.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Yeah, something like that. I guess. Oh, OK, I have no idea what you said, but I know you do, so it must be so.

It's something we attribute to the old guns... the guns acquire it in almost the same way they acquire 'patina'... through use and good times spent with these guns.

[Cold Spring]

I really enjoyed Dave's article with the barrel steel analyses. Just for info, here's another company's approach to barrel steel. I assume the reference to "bursting force" for 1913 readers, would translate to "yield strength" for MechE's.

[Mike Franzen]

Thanks Dean for all the work you do.