Russell,
Twenty-six inch barrels on a 16 gauge and 20 gauge Trojans were one of the two choices, twenty-eight inch barrels though, were certainly the more popular option.
According to "The Parker Story" (our bible) in sixteen gauge some 992 guns were made with 26" barrels while 5,577 were made with 28" barrels.
In earlier issues of Parker Pages in Josh Loewensteiner's column "Parkers Found" you will see an entry for No. 202066 listed with a few oddities.
It is a gun manufactured in 1922 or '23 as I recall but had the pre-1917 safety switch and it had a rib extension which had all but been discontinued about a year or two earlier.
This is all from memory and I stand subject to correction.
Incidentally Russell, I sold the gun to my brother-in-law about 5 years ago, after he saw how neatly it dispatched the errant grouse and woodcock, so barrel flats and water table pictures will have to wait a while 'til I can get over to his house which is in the next town about 12 miles away.
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"I'm a Setter man.
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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