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04-30-2012, 08:16 AM | #3 | ||||||
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Wow! Well worth the wait for a look at this unique piece of Parker craftsmanship.
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04-30-2012, 08:29 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Wow , Very Very Nice Bill ! That is a beautiful and very unique gun ! Does anyone know where Parker 64248 is which is mentioned in the letter and is it of the same ornamentation ? It is listed in the book as D3 ,10 Ga. ? Russ
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04-30-2012, 08:42 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Don't know where DH #64,248 is. However, I have a letter on it. It is also in pigeon configuration, with no extension rib and no safety, if I remember correctly. It was made as a ten and later had twelve gauge barrels installed. It was apparently made for the person mentioned on the order for the Gold Hearts gun. The stock dimensions for the Gold Hearts gun were radically different, obviously made for a different person, although the same person placed the order. The modification of the stock mentioned in the letter was never done, the present stock dimensions being identical to the dimensions mentioned in the order, 1 1/8 drop at comb, and 2 1/8 drop at heel. #64,248 does not have the gold ornamentation, at least not mentioned in the order. I would be very interested in seeing this gun, a DH ten, twelve, or both.
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04-30-2012, 08:57 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Mr. Murphy,
What is the unstruck weigth stamped on the 34" barrels? (if you dont mind sharing/ me asking) |
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04-30-2012, 09:09 AM | #7 | ||||||
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The 34" Parker Special Steel barrels are marked 4-9. The 30" Damascus barrels are marked 4-7. The gun was built for either forend to fit on either set of barrels, which helps in changing the balance at will. John, I wish I had thought to have you shoot a round of 5 stand with the 34" barrels.
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04-30-2012, 12:30 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Sometimes people ask me why I say "Never say never if you are talking about a Parker and if they did this or that" Bill's Parker answers all of those questions.....
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04-30-2012, 05:12 PM | #9 | ||||||
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I am a little late mentioning that our friend, Daryl Middlebrook, negotiated the sale of this gun to me. Without his assistance, this gun would probably be a set of 34" PSS barrels installed on another gun with the rest of the gun parted out and salvaged for the little bit of gold.
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04-30-2012, 11:14 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Beautiful!
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