The dimension of the bores and chokes will tell the story, but the PGCA letter is step one. I would never own such a gun without getting a letter of provenance. The original owner could be an interesting guy. Unfortunately, early ten gauges are hard to measure with Skeets or Galazan micrometers. Many of the early tens have bores over .800 and the usual bore micrometers will not measure quite that big. If the chokes are in place, these measuring devices will measure them OK. Some Parker barrels can be together at the muzzles after being cut quite a bit. Linda's DHE was cut from 32" or 30" to 26" and the muzzles still touch.
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