Mid Bead...Rhyme or Reason

[Autumn Daze]

Chris,Thanks for all your thoughts.I just shoot'em were they are.But being a rainy day exercise I thought we might conjur up some some good conversation and some personal thoughts on this whole mid bead location thing. I still have to believe that Parker being in the business of selling guns had to have a quick way of determining where to place that bead..

[CSL]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

Chris,Thanks for all your thoughts. I just shoot'em were they are. I still have to believe that Parker being in the business of selling guns had to have a quick way of determining where to place that bead..

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Dave, I Jus shoot'm too....
You may be right about that mid bead formula, which at the time was probably a best SWAG guess based on the stock dimensions, OR, a Parker employee who shouldered the gun before it went out the door and said "that looks good to me Wilbur, put it right there"...

Best, CSL
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[Bill Murphy]

I have had at least two Parkers with three beads and a friend has one with three beads. Those are just the guns with three beads in line. The "Gold Hearts" gun has three beads, but the two rear ones are side by side, 29 1/2" from the muzzle, as Dave prefers to measure them. Unlike most of the gold on this gun, the beads are not mentioned in the order book.