Welcome aboard Danny. Be warned that Parkers are a disease with no cure. You'll get all the info you want on this forum. Most of us shoot low pressure in our damascus guns, less than 7000psi in general. For the fluid steel 12ga guns of #2 frame size and larger it seems that they will digest about any hunting load but I think most of us shoot moderate loads. Some fluid steel guns have very stout bbls and seem safe with anything you can stuff in them. Some Damascus guns are the same. One of our guys has a Bernard barreled 12ga that he shoots pretty stout loads in if I hear him correctly. I have an 1883 twist bbl hammer gun with barrels I don't worry about one bit; it digests old duck loads with no complaints, but I don't like to shoot the same loads in my 1-1/2 framed steel bbled VH12. Some barrels have been honed out and are thin. I guess it's a loaded question you have as it really depends upon the stoutness and condition of the barrels. and the rest of the gun. Some Parkers have slim wrists that don't like heavy loads and develop cracks behind the top tang and even break at the wrist as a result. Every gun is a different. When you go to buy one you have to look at it very closely for flaws that will bite you down the road. If you find one you are interested in, take pictures and post them here and get input from this group; if a gun has warts, this crowd will find them and help you out. We all say that the only dumb question is the one not asked so don't be shy.
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