Fathers Day Gun Show

[Dean Romig]

The tubes on the barrel set on the left arn't touching, indicating cut barrels. However, the barrels may have been cut by Parker Bros. to fill a special order.

[Dollar]

Well I got my letter today from research.Looks like I got one factory length barrel and one that was cut but by who?The letter states that the gun was sent back to factory twice.The second time at a charge of $19.00 so I don't know what that all means.
This is a picture of M.O. Dantzler and his home in Orangeburg SC.His father was a judge and he evidently was a barge Captain transorting lumber,cotton etc. to the coast.
I grew up not far from there and lots of family there.My Great Grandmother passes away in Orangeburg.So I am looking for more on the family.Its very interesting research.Capt. Dantzler passed away in 1925.
Also looks like recoil pad was installed by Parker.

[Bill Murphy]

Wonderful provenance on this gun with much more to come, I'm sure. Keep digging. This is the advent of automatic ejector installation. My research on early ejector installations includes many that were returned for tweaking, like this gun was.

[Dollar]

It just seems like $15 and $19 a lot of money then for a service repair.I know in the Lower part of South Carolina deer hunts done with buckshot but that was also great quail hunting then.My grandfather would tell me stories of 75 to 100 covey days.One of his close friends actually had a Parker he shot so much the action was broken but couldn't afford to have it repaired.Just kept shooting and holding the gun closed.