All, I found this forum trying to sort out a Parker I now own. My wife went to an estate auction and came home with several antique firearms for my collection! Oh, and she loves watching the NFL, and baseball, and basketball, and will do so even when I'm not home! If she'd only cook she'd be the perfect wife!
I was hoping all you officianados could help me with my gun. I spent time on the Parker Gun website, but I'm still lost. Serial number is 104363, so I did figure out it was made in 1901. The barrel grade is "v", whatever that means. It's a 12 gauge, and is a "2" regarding frame size. I noticed there is a "8" near the marking of the frame size, so I don't know what that means. The barrel is not marked with what kind of steel it is. On the barrel lug there is a marking Kf I think, and the 4 to the 1 power is the barrel weight. I'll see if I can post some pictures. This gun is easily 90%, and maybe closer to 95%. I hope my wife did good...I think she paid $1100 for the gun.
Greg in Kentucky