Hello Garhart. I bought my first Damascus barreled Parker (GHE) 16 gauge on the 0-frame from Tony Galazan back in 2003 and soon sent the barrels to Oscar Gaddy for evaluation. Serial number is 79355 and the barrels were originally 28” but as advertised, they had been cut to 26”. The gun had warts but the barrels appeared to be un-messed with.
I’m not making any recommendations here but when I got Oscar’s letter back with the barrels I bought a flat of RST 2 1/2” “Lite” shells and never looked back.
Anyone today would tell me today that with wall thickness like mine has at the juncture of the chamber and the forcing cone that it shouldn’t be shot and just hang it on the wall but I have shot it a lot at both upland birds as well as Skeet.
I would not be overly concerned with that .019 thickness 9” from the muzzle and all the other measurements appear to be ok for low pressure loads. I’m no expert on barrels but I would enjoy shooting your gun.
That .026” at 12” from the breech is a bit thin maybe....
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