Yeah I see that on his site now too, beats me..

You might just call and ask why it is special.

Actually, what might be more rare is a 1 frame 12 gauge in 1917. 1 frames were common on early hammerless 12 gauges (I own several and they are all 1 frames), but less common on later 12 gauges. At least, that is my experience.

Maybe Steve has a letter for the gun and someone placed the order for it instead of one of the regular hardware stores selling it ? Give him a call if he answers the phone he is a Fine Gentleman to talk to !

E mailed him. Said twist barrels in 1917 was the special order

That's y I inquired here from tbe experts

Well, that special order gun is not so special after all. Only special in name.

Besides, one could call any gun that wasn't for store inventory and made to standard catalog specs to be “special order”.

Anyway, a thing inwant to add in relation to frame sizes talked about earlier is that there was nothing in Parker advertising about frame sizes. It was an internal thing that was utilized for manufacturing in order to achieve proper balance and weights.
A customer could specify a desired weight, and Parker took it from there.

Its not special, but it is a pretty nice ph