Parker Blow Up

[charlie cleveland]

these old composite barrel shotguns in good shape are as tuff as the fluid steel barrel guns...most 2 7/8 inch chambered 10 ga guns will not chamber the 3 1/2 inch 10 ga shell..but some will close shut with the 3 1/2 inch shell...out of 7 old 10 ga guns that i have only one will close shut with the long shell...this gun has a twist barrel in good shape i would not be afraid to say it would shoot these 3 1/2 inch shells with no problems ...the chambers may have been lengthed on this gun for it does measure 3 1/2 inch chambers...it s barrels are 30 inch but the barrel weight on the barrel is 7 lb 14 ounce the end of the barrels are twice as thick as any of my other guns...my dad hunted ducks for several years with a lefever with damascus barrels with no problems a lot of those heavy loads were shot in it...i m not saying to go use heavy loads in a composite barrel gun i m just saying if the barrels are in good shape there safe to use with loads designed for them..some of those old loads were pretty stiff in their day...thanks drew for all that you do....charlie