Which would be 4000 psi below the Parker calculated service loads for the gun.

It may be Ed's information that I was repeating. Thanks, Bruce, for your information that seems to insure that these loads are quite benign for use in Parkers with sufficient wall thickness.

Well thanks Bill, I appreciate the thanks. But I want folks to know that its not my information or something I developed out of any expertise on my part. Parker had load recommendations that they published and TPS published the service and proof standards that Parker used, so I just refer to that and those have been published on this forum many many times. I specifically disclaim any expertise, I just refer to what Parker said about their guns as they were built.

4000 PSI below Parker calculated service loads for the gun......and if I may add "When it was new".

I think Dean bought some of his new didn't he? :)

But at what point is a Parker considered "old"? 50 years? 100 years? I'm more concerned with cracking the stock with a lot of recoil rather than harming the barrels with loads the gun was built for.

Ed, I think that even a 242,000 serial number gun is "old". And I agree with you about going easy on 60 year old wood. I shoot both damascus and fluid steel guns and we know that barrels both composite or fluid will go through strain cycles of firing.I just don,t see a need to shoot hot loads through them.

There are about 80,000 rounds through my old 1921 P 16ga.

The 637 class nuclear submarines built 40+ years ago would still be in operation if the hull could take unlimited excursions to test depth. However, they were only guaranteed for so many. Shotguns are another animal all together, but who wants to press the envelope?

Harry

Therefore, under no circumstace should anyone attempt to fire a Parker at depths more than 100 meters below the surface :eek: