[MarkN]

I acquired my first Parker yesterday! After much searching I found either a real closet queen or a very well done professionally restored gun.

VH Grade, 28” barrels, extractors, 98-100% color, 98-100% bluing, 98-100% wood, pistol grip cap is original, inlayed wedge at the top of butt, recoil pad.

Serial #-138,700
Barrel Markings-V(inside circle, Vulcan Steel), WK(inside oval, W King), 3 6(barrel weight, 3lbs 6oz), K(very small, stamped on the lug), no frame designation
Water Table - 138,700(serial #), V(grade)

This is where it starts getting difficult. Center to center of the firing pins measures less than 15/16...”00” frame? Certainly can’t be a “000” frame. This gun was sold as a 20ga and I thought it was a 20ga as well. A 20ga shell falls past the extractors and a 12 ga shell won’t go. After some searching, I located a box 16ga shells and that seems to be the answer.

The fact that it isn’t a 20ga isn’t really an issue, just unexpected, yet a little more collectible in my mind.

Any help on the frame size would be helpful. Any other thoughts are appreciated. Pictures available if there is a way to post, and I might have just figured that out.