Parker pattern tests as recorded in the stock book?

[Drew Hause]

Chuck: Is that 86000 as in c. 1896? Thank you.

[Bill Murphy]

Our resident historian doesn't seem to be interested in helping with the recent (2014) research on patterns. I provided a serial number for a gun patterned with buckshot with interest in providing research information (86988), but the request resulted in the killing of this thread for nine years.

[Pa SxS]

Drew, yes that was 86000. Better late than never.

Bill, 86988 is a CH with 2 sets of Bernard barrels. One is 32" and put 5 pellets of 0 size shot in the pattern. The other set of barrels were 28" and put 125 pellets of size 7 in the pattern. The size and distance was cut off.

I looked up some other 8 ga. guns. Too bad they didn't pay more attention to how the ledger was placed on the copier.

20845 100 pellets of size 4 shot at 45 yards. Probably a 24" circle.
80647 120 pellets of size 4 shot at 45 yards
80646 same
172527 60 and 75 pellets of size 00 shot probably at 40 yards
173590 90 pellets of size 2 shot and 9 pellets of size BB shot.
174013 125 pellets of size 2 shot.

[Pa SxS]

Gee Bill, what a coincidence, 86988 is your gun! Now that I've answered your question how about ordering a letter???

[Bill Murphy]

Chuck, only today did I discover that I have not ordered a letter on 86988. I wish to order a letter on that gun and will forward a check immediately. I found information on the gun in 1998 when I was on the PGCA Research Committee Ilion trip in 1998. Silly me to think that the information I found in the Parker records was the only information available. Thanks for digging deeper and providing more information.

[Bill Murphy]

I wonder what the 00 shot was in the pattern for #172527? Certainly not 00 buckshot.