I wonder also if Parkers chambered for 2 7/8" and 3" shells would have been built on 0-Frame guns or if 00-Frame guns' barrels/breeches were stout enough for the longer chambers...?
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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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