but Bill

those guns were only meant to carried from the club house to the boat

then it was just lifting them to shoot

Bill what was the date in which the gun was rebarreled?

yes bill you have my dream gun....dont you wish you had the 8 ga barrels also what a gun...who ever ordered this gun sure knew what they wanted....parker brothers really made some interesting guns for us....charlie

Phil, no record of the rebarreling. It was probably done after the end of the order books or is in a missing book. The gun was originally ordered by a Nebraska farm family who were big property owners, and obviously waterfowlers. I have a bunch of provenance on the family. I even have one early ATA record on him.

My 6 FRAME Hammerless 32" 10 BORE barrels weigh 8/1. I am not sure if fluid steel would weigh more than the damascus I have. But if the 12 bore barrels were also 32" I would expect them to be heavier.... So perhaps they are only 30"s ???

Thanks Bill. Makes you wonder if it was a way to keep using the shotgun after the 8 gauge was banned. After all with those long chambers it put it right back up there with the 8.

My 5 frame 10 gauge top lever hammer gun Also came out of Nebraska. Shipped in 1890 and letters to 3" chambers.

Chamber inserts would have been so much easier, and cheaper than new barrels.

Good point Bill, I wonder when chamber inserts were developed? Inserts keep you shooting but the inserts I used are not the fasting things to use. I am going to sell the ones I have because I just so rarely use them.

phill are the inserts for a 8 gauge if they are i would be interested in them...charlie