I have mentioned before, and I'm sure raised a few eye browses in doing so, but in the mid to late eighties I had a damascus 8ga CH gun with 36 inch barrels come into my gun store. This was the most massive Parker I had ever seen and though I didn't actually weigh it, it honestly felt like a twenty pound gun. The stock was just as massive overall however I do not recall it being excessively long but my fingers would not wrap fully around the thick grip area. Here is the part that draws skepticism when I relate the story. On the barrel lug, where the frame size was stamped on these guns, was a very defined number 8 stamped. At the time I assumed it was referring to the gauge, which I knew to be an 8 ga. Reflecting back, and to my knowledge the gauge was not stamped on these early hammerless guns and there were no other numbers on the lug. Unfortunately I did not record the serial number of the gun. It was not in my possession long as the gun was stolen and I knew it was being brought in and had called the police ahead of time. It turned out to have been stolen from a Judge who lived outside of the Dallas Ft. Worth area. Be skeptical if you must, but I know what I saw.
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