Parker 10g
 

Hi guys just posting a few pictures of my parker 10g. It has had a new stock fitted ( I still have the original ) and the barrels have had a bit of a make over along with lock. I think it has come out very good. Hopefully I will get out with it a bit more this coming season.

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Very nice gun and looks like my NH, only cleaner. Those proof marks are interesting. Do you know anything about them?

The BV with the crown above is the proof house marks Birmingham from 1925, and the not British make is because it was imported into great Britton. I think it was one of the guns that was imported from the USA for use of the home guard during WW11 until suitable weapons came available.
Hope this helps
The other marks are from the manufacture maybe some from your side of the pond can explain.
Sundodger

I have a Colt New Service with the Not English Make stamping on it.

73228 would be an awfully old gun to be pressed into service for either WW. It would have been what mid-late 1890s vintage?

Those barrels might look ok on an english gun.

Bill, prior to our entry into WW2 and especially after Dunkirk, England was in dire need of firearms. US sportsman responded and sent there own personal guns and ammo to England, with no guarantee of their return.My Dad told me he sent 2 Winchester 1892's, a shotgun and several 22's. They accepted any gun as long as it fired and ammo could be had for it. Most were used by the Home Guard and you can see pictures of these men armed with a vast array of weapons. I think there was a picture in a recent American Rifleman.

thats a fine looking 10 ga you got there..mighty handsome...charlie