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charlie cleveland
10-27-2009, 06:27 PM
were there many stub twist barrels made for the parker guns. what serial nos.do they fall under. thanks charlie
Bill Murphy
10-27-2009, 06:42 PM
76,470 is marked Stub Twist.
Dave Purnell
10-27-2009, 07:14 PM
4054 made in 1874 is marked stub twist.
Austin W Hogan
10-28-2009, 11:11 AM
Stub twist seems to be ephemeral. Stub twist sometimes outranks plain twist, and twist sometimes outranks stub twist. I'll try to find a few photos.

Best, Austin
Bill Murphy
10-28-2009, 12:07 PM
Outranks?
Austin W Hogan
10-28-2009, 01:09 PM
Bill; Here are a couple of pictures that caused me to use the words "ephemeral" and "outranks". Note both ribs are marked "Stub Twist". Stub Twist 3920 is indicated to be the least expensive twist Parker cataloged at the time according to the archive. Stub Twist 22614 is not a T(0); it has checking and a little engraving.
Stub Twist 3920 has a pattern much like guns with ribs marked Twist. Stub Twist 22614 has a somewhat different pattern than usual twist barrels.

I think the real question raised from these two barrel sets marked "Stub Twist" is this; was Stub Twist a production method or a Trade Mark? Was the trade mark used early on to identify a lower grade, and later to indicate a higher grade? I have wondered about this since having these two similarly branded guns.

Best, Austin
Austin W Hogan
10-28-2009, 01:13 PM
The later Stub Twist barrel has a more distinctive pattern a few inches from the rib mark.

Best, Austin
Gregory Miller
10-28-2009, 02:59 PM
PH16 from 1896 with "Twist"