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Robert,
Post some pictures anyway. This forum is full of knowledge on most things shotgun. Someone may be able to answer questions or offer advice. Harry |
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11-17-2012, 09:19 AM
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DLH - Re: "Parker never made a muzzleloader." As that famous sage Maxwell Smart said many times - I didn't know that. Or should I say, the thought never entered my mind in the course of diddling with Parker guns for 30 years. One is never too old to learn. Thanks.
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11-17-2012, 10:34 AM
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The earliest version of Meriden Arms T Latch Could be fired as a breech loader using a Maynard type cartridge and external percussion cap, or, could be muzzle loaded and fired as any muzzle loader. I know later versions of the T latch had a conventional firing pin in place of the percussion nipple, and at some point the lock plates were marked Charles Parker, but I don't know if that post dates the percussion nipple. I had one of these, and as a teenager, traded it off for a garden variety S&W tip-up. I'm pretty sure the shotgun belonged to a family member prior to my father getting it, as most of our family was from Meriden.
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11-17-2012, 11:28 PM
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Possibly I am off base but to say Parker never made a muzzle loader doesn't seem quite correct. Didn't the Parker company manufacture the Parker Snow muzzle loading rifle? Are we only talking double shotguns with this thread?
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11-19-2012, 01:32 PM
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Notice I said shotgun. The T Latch is still a break open gun, even if you could use it as a muzzleloader.
DLH
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