Bruce, I most certainly agree with Randy. It is seldom that my gauge measures exactly .729. I don't know just when Parker stopped overboring, but my older guns -- hammer guns and hammerless -- as I recall have larger than current nominal bores. Some may have been honed somewhere down the road, but I still think older guns are likely to have bores larger than .729.
Do you know the wall thickness at various points of the barrels? I like to know those more than the diameter. If you were closer...
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