G 16/30

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Rich, mine does not have the lightening cuts.

[Richard Dow]

Great find Bruce.

[edgarspencer]

These guns are a pleasure to own and shoot, but there are so many variables, It's a little difficult for me to make any assumptions about Parker's thinking. We've been talking about 0 frame guns, but I assume there were also 1 frame 16ga. guns. Also, there were Grade 1 guns in 16ga, so were there the same lightened vs unlightened examples? I know there were grade 0 guns with lightened receivers, since I had one, now in Dean's care, but that one is a lifter.
I wish someone could determine why one gun may have been lightened and another not. Was it Parker's decision, or customer ordered. Are there sufficient records, either from the order book or stock books to give us a hint?
There are two guns out there that I may be able to buy (one or the other, but probably not both) One has 28" barrels, and the other has 30" barrels. Oddly, the 30" barrels have a lighter unstruck weight than my 26" gun, and, no, my 26" is not bobbed.
Questions, Questions.

[edgarspencer]

we must have been typing at the same time.

My 26" gun , from order book 22, was, according to our overworked PGCA letter writer, ordered on December 8th, 1887, and shipped on August 14th, 1887. Hmmm. Assuming it was the reverse, that's 4 months between order and shipment, but maybe it might have been December 1886, shipped August 1887. I'll have to raise this (delicately) with Mr CB.
Stock book says 6 pounds, 13 ounces, but no mention of 'light weight'.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Richard Dow

Great find Bruce.

Thanks Dick, but it looks like I have been posting these pictures on the wrong thread so I'll just give up and maybe do a Parker Pages article and let it go at that.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

it looks like I have been posting these pictures on the wrong thread so I'll just give up and maybe do a Parker Pages article and let it go at that.

Not sure what you mean by that