It would surprise me not in the least to learn that Parker Brothers may have sent raw barrel tubes to another gun manufacturer expert in cutting rifling in barrels. Certainly Colt was not far away and Parker Brothers and Colt were certainly on "speaking" terms, having done business back and forth for a long time.
While at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, WY I took pictures of a Parker hammer gun with rifled barrels.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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