Bill I believe there with in 10,000. I know the one gun is 222223 and the other is in the 230K range.

I'm going to sneak in a Parker .410 question here, since this is a .410 thread. OK, here goes. Does anyone know about the round barrel Parker .410s, the ones without the little step near the chambers? Was it just the first few .410s that were built that way, or is it my imagination that such guns even exist? Does anyone own such a gun and what is the serial number?

Bill, I stole this pic off of Gunbroker. Are you referring to the portion of barrel that rests on the watertable, just below the hinge pin? If you are, I have a vague recollection of seeing one which, rather than the barrel dropping straight down, rolled under.

I spose since I went to the trouble of stealing the picture, I ought to at least use it.
BTW, if this is not the area you're refering to, then, as usual, I have no idea what you're talking about.

I think the guy that had all the .410's years ago had one in his collection.Was his name Otis? He had some pictures of some of his guns showing the variations and I recall one had round barrels all the way out as I thought he had gotten in a 28 with all the .410's.Going by a 35-40 year old recollection but I think I am right.

Thanks Bob, I would love to see that variation.

Bill it is not your imagination, the very early 410's were round barreled and then I think I was told the step was done as it reduced machining time. I had a D grade 410 straight grip with full round barrels but traded it off, it was the only one that I have seen.

Well, the world,at least the "Parker world" is ready for someone to produce a bare bones .410 repro that you can finish yourself to suit. Sort of like the in the white A1's that Galazan had.I suppose you would have to keep it under 6 grand to sell very many.I bet Tony has thought about it and wonder what he came up with when he "crunched' the numbers.

The step in the picture is what I'm talking about. Is Daryl Middlebrook's early .410 an example of the "round barrel" variation? Does anyone know when they went to the stepped barrel and if there is a picture of the early round barrel in TPS?