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i was cleaning the old 8 ga hammer gun i got from mills and just happened to look at the serial no. it is 65145...got a letterthat mills sent off for and let me have it..well i got down the parker bible and looked up the number.yep it was in there just happened to notice there were 6 consective numbered 8 ga s in a row number 65141 through 65146..i think that bill murphy reported these guns came from california some copany ordered them..for sure this old 8 i got from mills that was a silent auction gun came from california.it must have stayed in california because thats were the guy who gave it to the silent auction lived..the gun i have origanaly had 34 inch barrels but sad to say they now are 27 1/2.. they were stub twist barrels..seems like a lot of these old 8 ga s had stub twist barrels...any way wonder if any one else has one of these 6 old guns in this serial block 65141 to 65146...charlie

Charlie Mr. Delahoussae(sp?) gun is in the serial number range it clearly shows 65142. It is also in California. Interesting in that it is also stub twist and cut. I wonder if it was common to cut down those long barrels at some point.

i traded for mr delahoussae gun.that makes two of them 6 california guns found just 4 more to go...don t have it in hand yet but will soon...can t wait.....charlie

Charlie, what do the letters say? We would like to see pictures of the letters as well as the two guns you have acquired. Who were they originally sold to?

Congratulations Charlie

Your new nickname is ( 8 Ga. Charlie.) Thomas

only have a letter on the8 ga silent auction gun serial no 65145... letter says it was oredered byet allen of san fransisco quality r top action hammer gun 8 ga barrels 34 inches with capped pistol grip stockweight 12 lb 8 oz..will get the wife to post a picture of the letter and of the gun forgot the letter says cost 60 dollars plus 35 dollars for 8 ga barrels... iwonder if there might be infoi for number 65142 8 ga.....the letter says 65145 had plain twist barrels but the parker story list it with stub twist also the no 65 142 in the parker story says it was a stub twist gun i saw this on the barrels when mr david shown it on the forum....all this is really interesting to me hope some of you fellas can sort it out...charlie

thanks thomas for the new name i hope to live up to it...charlie

Charlie- you already have.

heres the letter on gun no 65145 and some pictures of it.charlie