Gentlemen,

Thank you very much, you made week.

I had picked the Parker up as part of a larger bundle, I has assumed, due to the odd barrel length that the barrels had been cut. Had it on my table at Tulsa for a couple of shows, each time a prospective buyer measure the barrels, they were declared cut.

Nose went up and they walked away.

After the last week’s Tulsa show I made the decision that I was going to keep the Parker, I’m glad I did

I figured I was safe if they were longer not shorter as listed in the serialization book. Mine was an earlier gun from 1877. Here are some pics, and it is more like 29 5/8". Hopefully, Mike you'll find out the same with your gun.

I had always assumed that Parker had some left over odd length barrels that they wanted/needed to use. Or barrels were damaged in the production process and ended up being shorter than expected.

Very nice !

Mike, I am curious. The book had a "P" in the stock column. Is yours a round knob stock?

Your serial number DOES book as a 26" gun.

A Research letter accompanying the gun would make a sale a LOT easier.

Photos of the muzzle end would still be appreciated .

Well this one is no longer for sale, it’s going into my collection. My first Parker…whooo, hooo.

Well, unless you count the Chas Parker vise sitting on my workbench
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Pistol grip with round knob.

I like it, 26 inch barrels make for a nice handling shotgun… my others are 28 or 30.

Typical silver/brown gun with no major issue that I can see. I’ll put together a wall thickness gage tonight.

Another question on chambers, it has a lip between chambers and bore, not the typical taper found on later shotguns…. I’m assuming it was chambered for brass shells?

I shoot RST 2 ½ in my other 12 gage doubles, I’m assuming 2 inch shells for this, room for the plastic case to unfold?

Photo’s coming…soon

Mike,
You should be fine with 2 1/2 inch RST's. All the brass shells I have are longer than that, and the shell length is measured after firing.

Someone obviously lengthened the barrels.
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It's strange that a potential Parker buyer would travel all the way to Tulsa and not have a Serialization Book in his kit bag. That would be like showing up without a bore micrometer.