A Colt double rifle is less a mystery than the Parker double rifle. The Colt was a standard catalog item, although seldom ordered. Bruce, it would be very interesting to measure the bore diameters of the rifled barrels as well as the outside diameters. This would give us an idea of what your friend has here. Since the gun was in its present form at least fifty years ago, it is more than likely it came out of the Parker factory like that. We have another member who may be familiar with the early history of this gun, but I don't think he participates on this forum.
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