| George Lander |
01-03-2014 08:54 PM |
No Charlie & Mills, they are both 12 gauge. The letter states that "Parker shotgun serial number 92373 was ordered by W. Frank Irwin in Cherokee, Iowa on July 28, 1899. According to Parker Book No. 47 it was a CH hammerless 12 gauge. It featured Bernard steel barrels with a length of 32 inches & Lyman sights. It's stock configuration was a straight grip with Silver pad." The chokes were patterned RH (265 #7 pellets in a 30" circle at 40 yards) and LH (280 #7 pellets in a 30 circle at 40 yards). Trigger pull was set at RH 4 pounds and LH at 4 3/4-5 pounds. The order specified to "make guard same as grade 5 or 6 and he is to use gun and talk Parker for 3 years and it is his gun"
According to Order book No. 53 the gun was returned by W. Frank Irvin on April 16, 1901 to "take dents out of barrels, clean & rebrown, blue all iron parts, nickle triggers, make RH trigger pull 4 pounds and tighten action." Ther was no charge. According to Order book No. 63 the gun was returned by W. Frank Irvin c/o Sportsman St. Louis, MO on January 16, 1904 to fit "12 gauge 32 inch Titanic steel barrels to shoot 10 inches high, retarget & clean out old barrels and set trigger pull at RH 3 1/2 pounds and LH 4 pounds. Again there was no charge.
The gun is on a #2 frame and oddly enought the Titanic barrels have automatic ejectors.
If only these old guns could talk what stories they could tell
Best Regards, George
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