6-Frame Trivia

[Researcher]

In my continuing social isolation time on the computer collecting pictures of various Parker features and markings I've noticed a little screw on the top tang of a couple of 6-frame guns in the 15xxxx serial number range.

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The only other hammerless 6-frame I've got a similar picture of doesn't have the screw.

[Milton C Starr]

My 6 frame is in the 116xxx range and it has the screw there but it's harder to see .

I believe a PH 8 gauge in the 15xxxx just popped up on GI I will look and see if it has them .

Oh that is the one on GI haha

[Milton C Starr]

its harder to see than the 15xxxx one .

[charlie cleveland]

I learned something today.. charlie

[Dean Romig]

But what we haven't learned is the purpose of that screw and why it isn't found on the smaller frame guns.





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[Milton C Starr]

Heres a picture of the screw with the top lever removed . A previous member had this gun back in 2012 searching the serial number on here pulled it up .

Something ive been wondering and I dont know how this applies to small frames , but why do some of these have a two piece dolls head and on others its solid with the rib ?

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

Something ive been wondering and I dont know how this applies to small frames , but why do some of these have a two piece dolls head and on others its solid with the rib ?

All of the Rib extensions on Parkers are a separate piece from the rib. At least from the time that they started using the patent dolls head extension. The extension piece is about 2.5" long.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

All of the Rib extensions on Parkers are a separate piece from the rib. At least from the time that they started using the patent dolls head extension. The extension piece is about 2.5" long.

That was great seeing all those different parts for the 6 frames , when I got my 6 frame at first I was like oh its not that big . However I got to compare it beside a 10 gauge hammergun and you can definitely appreciate the difference then . The breech thickness on the small 10 ga is around .21" and the 6 frame is around .28"-.29" .

Is there any reason documented why some of the extensions have the visible seam and some dont ?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

Is there any reason documented why some of the extensions have the visible seam and some dont ?

The seam is far more obvious on barrels that have been refinished, or have been exposed regularly to caustic atmospheric conditions.






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[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

The seam is far more obvious on barrels that have been refinished, or have been exposed regularly to caustic atmospheric conditions.






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Such as waterfowling near salt walter ?

From what I could find on mine it probably spent the majority of its life on the local river just 2hrs upstream . The humidity here though is pretty rough on guns /