Parker Chamber

[John Taddeo]

Variations of a 2 3/4 open hull?? Far right is a 2 1/2 RST..

[Jim Thynne]

Parker was known for short chambered guns, I never had a hammerless steel barreled gun that would not shoot 23/4 inch shells and pattern properly!

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Jim Thynne

Parker was known for short chambered guns, I never had a hammerless steel barreled gun that would not shoot 23/4 inch shells and pattern properly!

That is interesting ,

[Bruce Day]

A DGJ article of some years back demonstrated that the pressure rise was in the order of several hundred PSI out of a normal load of 8,000 .

[Dean Romig]

Right Bruce but something less than 500 as I recall, and to the best of my memory, it was around 300 psi.





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[Richard Mason]

I was researching some more on useing a light 12 load in 2 3/4 in a 2 1/2 chamber tonight and found a great chat on double guns

When i think light load , I’m talking more so about the pressure and the velocity
Say anything under 1150 PSI

I thought this very interesting


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[Steiner]

Originally Posted by Richard Mason

I was researching some more on useing a light 12 load in 2 3/4 in a 2 1/2 chamber tonight and found a great chat on double guns

When i think light load , I’m talking more so about the pressure and the velocity
Say anything under 1150 PSI

I thought this very interesting


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Great hang tag. I think you’ll find most of the folks here prefer significantly less pressure for a variety of reasons. I obviously misread the 1150 as 11,500. My apologies.

[Dean Romig]

Does 107705 have composite barrels or fluid steel?
I know Parker Bros. never differentiated between the two in their load recommendations…





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[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Richard Mason

I was researching some more on useing a light 12 load in 2 3/4 in a 2 1/2 chamber tonight and found a great chat on double guns

When i think light load , I’m talking more so about the pressure and the velocity
Say anything under 1150 PSI

I thought this very interesting


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Richard, I think the 1150 PSI is a typo? I don't know anything with only 1150 PSI.

[Researcher]

Me thinks Richard meant 1150 fps!!

I have collected pictures of fifteen 12-gauge Parker hang tags and I can make no sense out of why some are targeted with 1 1/8-ounce loads and others with 1 1/4-ounce loads. Some state "Use Shells 2 5/8 Long" and others state "Use Shells 2 3/4 Long".

The earlier tags, below about 150000, have a line above that states "Length of Shell X x/x Inch", always filled in 2 5/8?!?

Just to be a little more irritating a couple of tags show the gun being targeted with bulk smokeless powder and the load is given in grains.