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Originally Posted by Craig Larter
Garry It's a CHE. I know overbored Parker 12ga guns are known, I believe Austin Hogan wrote about the the existence of overbored Parkers when he did a DGJ article about the Buckingham Super Fox 30069. Obviously I can't prove the gun was overbored from the factory but it is common knowledge larger shot sizes pattern better in overbored barrels. The wall thickness is .030/.033. So who knows.
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Beautiful gun(!), Craig. I don't doubt that the craftsmen at Parker overbored to get better patterns. For "mass produced" guns, there was an amazing amount of time spent on each gun that came from Meriden.
Thanks for answering my question...and for posting that great photo.
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