That's funny..... my research letter says it is a 28 gauge ejector gun with 24" Damascus barrels. I know the books say the barrels are 28" Titanic but the letter agrees with what I have in my safe.

Sound like an interesting gun, if the letter agrees with what you have then it is a 28 gauge ejector gun?

How does that relate to the question of 10ga ejector guns? Or is 149020 a 10 bore?

Yea Dean,

You had me excited over your 10 gauge ejector gun. All it is is a little 28 gauge ejector :(

Mark

Don't ask too many questions, J.B. .......

Ive never ordered a letter on it and don't have my serialization book handy. What does it say #57172 should be?

149020 is a 28 ga. gun. Just thought I'd chime in because it is Damascus and was originally ordered with ejectors.

I would suspect not a lot of 10 bore Parkers were ordered with ejectors. A good number of serious waterfowl hunters reloaded their spent shells but if they are kicked overboard by an ejector gun there is little or no chance of reloading them.

Dean that makes a lot of sense to me. I also think the additional charge of $25 or so for ejectors on a Grade 1 or 2 gun was a big increase over the basic price of those models. I am still surprised by the small number of ejector equipped 10's.

According to the ID & Ser book it is a hammerless Grade 3 with capped pistol grip and 32" 10 ga. Damascus barrels.

Thank you Dean. Since the King & Hayes ejector mechanism was patented in 1901 I always believed my 10 gauge must have gone back to the factory to have the ejector mechanism fitted. Do we have an idea of the earliest known ejector gun?

I am sure it will be in The Parker Story and I'll take a look for that information this evening and let you know.

Yours may very well have gone back to Meriden for ejectors... a research letter may show that.

Dean