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This is a "I just inherited this - and what is it?"
Have spent several hours on this website reading most everything. Now I'm hoping to find out a little more about my Parker. Serial number #22829 says it was manufactured in 1881, but I would like to know more aboute the grade, etc. It is 12 ga., 28 inch bbls., #1 frame?, all numbers match. My great grandfather owned and shot this gun. My grandfather shot a monkey on Mt. Tom in Easthampton, MA when he was a teenager with this gun. My father shot this gun, maybe 25 years ago with black powder and Pyrodex handloads. Now it's my turn. I will ask more about handloads later.
Anybody curious about the monkey story? It is ABSOLUTELY true and I'm trying to substantiate it. Not easy, since it happened 105 to 110 years ago.
Any help, advice, or thoughts will be appreciated!
Hope the pictures make it since I'm not a computer guru.
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