1866 parker shotgun

[todd allen]

All seriousness aside, that is an awesome page out of the Parker Gun history.

[Leighton Stallones]

I have an early lifter also very similar. It is B3081 and pictures below.
Mine is Damascus and not twist. I thought the B's were all Damascus, but evidently not.
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[Austin W Hogan]

I have B3083. It like many other 3000 serial range guns now has a fore end latch and rebounding hammers. My B 3291 has a fore end "bow tie" checking pattern like 3081, but 3083 has three equal size diamonds in the checking.
The 2000 - 5000 serial range may be the most interesting part of Parker evolution. It appears that King revolution ized many things during that period.

Best, Austin