Fitting Repro barrels on a 1928 Parker?
 

Can Parker Reproduction barrels be fitted to a Parker 1928 1 &1/2 frame gun with ejectors? same gauge.

I wish I could answer this question, but it's almost impossible to do without having both the gun and barrels in hand so you can make the appropriate measurements & calculations between the two.

Repro barrels are really close to exact replicas of Remington era Parkers with 12ga's on a 1 1/2 frame, so I would assume the chances of fitting a set to an original Parker would be better with both the barrels & action being the same frame size.

Sorry I can't be more help, but when we're talking about swapping parts on a hand fitted & filed action, it's a total crap shoot.

Maybe, maybe not. That is the name of the game. Likely they can work, but the amount of work needed to get there is an unknown.

I assume that you’d have better luck with a Remington Parker correct? I seem to see a lot of 12 gauge reproduction barrels around and every time I see a higher grade 1.5 frame with barrel issues it seems tempting.

The era of manufacture means little really.

I have seen barrels 50 serial numbers apart need tons of work to fit, and ones 10,000 numbers apart need little work.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1027393508

Bob Jurewicz

Hmmm
 

With regards to the advertisement that Bob referenced, and likely a dumb question, weren't the weights stamped upon the barrels, or referenced in the records, actually "un-struck" weights, before the barrels were filed and ultimately carded/finished for fit prior to blueing? If so, shouldn't the barrels weigh somewhat less now that the barrels are out there looking for a new home? Pardon if I'm applying an LC Smith practice inappropriately to the Parker Gun.
Thanks,
John

No, you're right John - the barrels should definitely weigh less than the pre-struck weights stamped on the barrel flats of an original Parker.... Unless of course, one subscribes to the theory that the weight stamped was a post-struck weight and included the weight of the finished forend... which I do not.





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It said its a 2 barrel set, could it be this barrel was left heavy for balance?

Yes, some two barrel sets were made with identical weight barrels. Some were made with barrels of radically different weights. The reasons were known only to the original owners.