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John Nagel

11-20-2014 09:18 AM

Parker 16 gauge V proof marks /frame size

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Can anyone decipher this for me? Any important info other than that it's a 0 frame gun?

Rick Losey

11-20-2014 09:45 AM

British marks. Was this gun rebarreled? What does it say on the rib?

Jim DiSpagno

11-20-2014 12:15 PM

662 is bore diameter, BNP=British nitro proofed 2 1/2 " 16 gauge 3 ton per square inch. That is all British proof marks. Vin a circle stands for Vulcan steel, jg is Parker inspector and 3 is barrel weight, can't see the smaller # to indicate ounces.

Rick Losey

11-20-2014 12:24 PM

sounds like the gun spent part of its life in the UK

John Nagel

11-20-2014 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim DiSpagno (Post 151562)

This gun in currently in the UK. Is it safe to say from the picture that those are the original barrels? I am trying to get one of the rib. Also can you verify that it is in fact a 0 frame gun?

Jim DiSpagno

11-20-2014 01:19 PM

says "O" on the rear lug but to be sure, measure firing pin to firing pin. Will be 1" center to center

John Nagel

11-20-2014 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim DiSpagno (Post 151570)

says "O" on the rear lug but to be sure, measure firing pin to firing pin. Will be 1" center to center

Would you say based on the marks that the barrels are definitely parker made?

Rick Losey

11-20-2014 01:54 PM

the proofs are British - required when a foreign gun is imported into the UK

the other marks as noted above are Parker

John Mazza

11-20-2014 03:22 PM

If those small letters are "MB" (on either side of the "crossed sword" mark), then it was proofed in 1961, in Birmingham.

John Nagel

11-20-2014 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim DiSpagno (Post 151570)

says "O" on the rear lug but to be sure, measure firing pin to firing pin. Will be 1" center to center

Is that to say that there are guns around that are stamped with a 0 and are not 0 frames?

John

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