24 " barrels

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Originally Posted by Gerry Addison

I have a 28 gauge with factory 24 inch barrels and they are specified that way in the serialization book.

Gerry, here's my letter on 99687. 99686 was also purchased by the same family, and these were the first 24" 28ga guns

Originally Posted by Aaron Beck

what does a 24" 28g on a 0 frame weigh? what is the stamped barrel weight on the flats?

As you can see from the letter, my 24" gun was originally PG stocked, with a short LOP. I had Brian put a Parker straight stock on it, with a 14 1/8" LOP.
The gun weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces.

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

There were only 27 known 28 gauge Parkers made with 24" barrels.

I'd guess you're taking that from the tables at the back of volume II, but the actual number is a bit higher. 99687 isn't in the book, but that was because the order book entry was partially smudged with a red tick mark. See above copy from the book.

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I'll guess about 6 1/2 lbs or so.

My 24" weighs 5 lbs 12, and my 28" weighs 5 lbs 14. My 30" is 6lbs 5oz.

Originally Posted by Aaron Beck

6.5lb because the barrels are relatively thicker than a 20 or 16? did they not alter the outside profile?

Yes, even the 0 frames are profiled smaller than a 20. The main reason my 30", also on an 0 frame, weighs in so much higher than the others is the stock is a very dense piece of circassion walnut. All are straight stocked.