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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
I had been wanting a pinfire shotgun, just to have a part of the transition into modern centerfire cartridges(and because I like being different…). This is a Walker Newbury 12 Gauge with 30” Damascus barrels. It is relatively light at 7lbs. I couldn’t find too much about the maker other than Walker(I think with the first initials of G.E. and he may have been associated with Purdey at some point). You can see some proof marks in the last picture.
It is hard to find shells for these and I may try making my own. I did find a place out of France that makes them that has been nice and I just got these shells on Friday(The shells I used in the pictures are empty). I would “guess” this was made in the mid 1860s-1870s. Black powder only with these, which I am fine with. I can’t wait get this gun shooting again. I can only imagine the last time it was shot…
If you know anything more about it please let me know.
Thanks,
Jay
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