Dean, I'm sure that any Parker that was patterned with the combination mentioned on the stock book or hang tag entry for the particular gun was actually patterned with the combination of components and range and target mentioned. However, the next gun on the stock book page may have been patterned with a whole different combination of components and ranges and pattern diameter. If you have the stock book info or hang tag, you know how the gun was made. Otherwise, you measure the bores and chokes before you buy the gun and not worry about how close it is to original specs. I buy guns with thick barrels and significant choke and worry about the similarity to the original specs later. I gave one instance of two guns of similar specs being patterned with different shells, even though the serial numbers were only a couple of hundred numbers apart. This is rather common. Measure the bores, write the check. Worry about the details later.
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