T. Parker, Thomas Parker, Thomas Barker- etc--All fine guns for their time in history. We have a "Manton" 12 bore hammer gun with twist barrels hanging over the stone fireplace mantel at our Deer Camp- aka- "The busted flush club"- I bought it from an Amish farmer some years ago- he also gave me two partial boxes of UMC paper shells- 1 &1/4" oz. No. 6 shot- the old pre-War green ribbed hulls with the tan top crimp with the shot size, etc. so marked-He claimed his father had killed a lot of game with that shotgun and those loads- I removed the firing pins and cleaned it before taking it up- now it is "retired and admired" fine piece of wood in the stock, and the hammer and springs/sears still function-
Jim- I am intrigued by your lamp project, especially the base you fabricated- If you used three horseshoes and welded them together to form the base section, what process and filler rod did you use- Welding mild and Fabrication Grade steels is a picnic- Cast iron or even malleable iron- Whole 'nother Ball game--
