question

[charlie cleveland]

i found this gun on gunbroker but i was to late only a few secounds left so i missed it...i looked it over when i should have been bidding...the barrels were stamped of weight at 8 lb 4 ounce..they said it was a 10 ga with 30 inch barrels...on the place were the frame size usally is was what looked to be a 8 but it could have been a 3....so if ya ll can pull up gun broker here s the no of the auction...520763262.... maybe somebody can figure this thing out..it sold for 205 dollars a cheap gun...i wanted it but ....if this thing was a 8 ga then woe is me....charlie

[Phillip Carr]

Charlie per the SN book it is a 10 gauge. Pretty heavy 10.

[Brian Dudley]

I believe the largest frame size made by Parker was a 7. But i may be mistaken.

The weight stamp is a little hard to read in the photo. Could be a 5 or a 6 also.

[Mike Franzen]

Charlie you missed a good one. I blew up the pics and to me the lug is stamped 3 and the barrel weight is stamped 8 4. Seller claims mismatched serial numbers but frame and forend match. I think he was looking at the order book number stamped on the water table. Maybe someone here got it and can clarify. That gun looked good to go to me.

[Mills Morrison]

If it was a 3 frame then at least Charlie didn't miss an 8 gauge

[Mills Morrison]

Assuming no fatal issues, that was a good buy. There will be other good buys though

[Bill Murphy]

A friend who has probably bought and sold hundreds of Parkers failed to bid on an outrageous high condition hammer gun, thinking the order number was a mismatch. I was at the auction with him, bought the gun for next to nothing after the auctioneer brought the "mismatch" to the attention of bidders.

[Rick Losey]

I think he was looking at the order book number stamped on the water table. .

is the order number sometimes on the water table?

i thought people got confused when the order number was on the barrel flats - and the serial number was on the side of the lug

[charlie cleveland]

i have a 3 frame the barrels are 30 inches factory that weigh 7 lbs 14 ounce it woulda had a sister with those 8 lb 4 ounce barrels...with the weight of these barrels it would not have kicked much for sure...these are the heaviest weight barrels in 10 ga i have run across but i know some of the members have barrels that weigh more...charlie

[Dean Romig]

I have only ever seen the order number on the barrel flat of the right barrel.






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