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Originally Posted by Bruce Hering
What, in fact, was the nominal bore diameter of a 12 ga Parker pre 1910 ?
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I think you are asking what is the typical bore diameter for a Parker of this timeframe. That's a great question. I'm not sure that there could be any definitive answer since many guns may have had some barrel honing or polishing over the course of time. My own early guns do indeed have bores larger than .729, sometimes quite a bit larger, but the real key for me is the barrel wall thickness.
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