Front Bead measurement

[John Bastiani]

Did Parker have a standard length they used from the middle of the front sight hole to the end of the barrel or was every gun alittle different? Don't remember reading this in the Parker Story but they did say that the barrel lengths could be off + or - 1/8 of an inch. The Parker serialization book says as much as a 1/2 inch. I was thinking that if Parker had a standard length they drilled the holes for the front beads from the end of the barrel then you could tell easily if a barrel was cut.