An 1883 Question
Hello, I just recently acquired my first Parker, a fairly decent (for the price?) grade 2 12 gauge top lever from 1883, #29982. Stock’s in pretty good shape, has some nice grain, but the metal’s pretty worn and it’s one tape strip shy of being on face. It also looks like it’s been dropped since there’s scuffs at the muzzle and a chip missing from the toe. I was wondering if it’s been cut off a bit to fix fall damage, since it’s exactly 29.5” instead of 30”, but the barrels touch. The muzzles are also oddly shaped but symmetric and about 0.75” across. You can see they’re kind of flattened out from 3 o’clock to 5, and 7 to 9. Any ideas?
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