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John Nagel
11-20-2014, 08:18 AM
Can anyone decipher this for me? Any important info other than that it's a 0 frame gun?
Rick Losey
11-20-2014, 08:45 AM
British marks. Was this gun rebarreled? What does it say on the rib?
Jim DiSpagno
11-20-2014, 11:15 AM
662 is bore diameter, BNP=British nitro proofed 2 1/2 " 16 gauge 3 ton per square inch. That is all British proof marks. Vin a circle stands for Vulcan steel, jg is Parker inspector and 3 is barrel weight, can't see the smaller # to indicate ounces.
Rick Losey
11-20-2014, 11:24 AM
sounds like the gun spent part of its life in the UK
John Nagel
11-20-2014, 12:00 PM
662 is bore diameter, BNP=British nitro proofed 2 1/2 " 16 gauge 3 ton per square inch. That is all British proof marks. Vin a circle stands for Vulcan steel, jg is Parker inspector and 3 is barrel weight, can't see the smaller # to indicate ounces.

This gun in currently in the UK. Is it safe to say from the picture that those are the original barrels? I am trying to get one of the rib. Also can you verify that it is in fact a 0 frame gun?
Jim DiSpagno
11-20-2014, 12:19 PM
says "O" on the rear lug but to be sure, measure firing pin to firing pin. Will be 1" center to center
John Nagel
11-20-2014, 12:29 PM
says "O" on the rear lug but to be sure, measure firing pin to firing pin. Will be 1" center to center

Would you say based on the marks that the barrels are definitely parker made?
Rick Losey
11-20-2014, 12:54 PM
the proofs are British - required when a foreign gun is imported into the UK

the other marks as noted above are Parker
John Mazza
11-20-2014, 02:22 PM
If those small letters are "MB" (on either side of the "crossed sword" mark), then it was proofed in 1961, in Birmingham.
John Nagel
11-20-2014, 04:09 PM
says "O" on the rear lug but to be sure, measure firing pin to firing pin. Will be 1" center to center

Is that to say that there are guns around that are stamped with a 0 and are not 0 frames?

John
Jim DiSpagno
11-20-2014, 04:20 PM
I had a set of Vulcan steel Parker barrels in 16 gauge that were marked as an "O" frame and were actually a "1" frame set. Those barrels presently reside on a C grade 1 frame gun.
Bill Murphy
11-21-2014, 08:22 AM
Get a machinist's scale and measure.