If the barrels are still 30 inches it's a keeper. It was made as a show gun to display the finest quality gun that Parker made in the day and was a real show-stopper as it continued to be sent for shows and expositions.
According to the barrel flats stamp the unstruck weight of the barrels was 4 lbs., 4 oz.
the lbs. stamp was a broken 4 die and the ounces stamp was a superscript 4.
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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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