Parker 28 gauge photos - original (I believe)

[Bill Murphy]

Wayne, is your gun a 00 frame gun with dished out areas in the water table of the action? We have not seen a picture of that area and the frame size marking seems (to my old eyes) to be 00. Descriptions of orders in the Parker order books for 28 gauges usually say from nothing to "light as possible". Actual guns are usually six pounds or a very few ounces less. There doesn't seem to be a lot of difference in 0 frame and 00 frame in standard field guns. Read the article on early 28 gauges in the Parker Pages. I believe the author was Dave Suponski. Some of the research material for that article came from the Parker records, and some came from other sources.

[Wayne Dow]

Thank you, Bill. I'm getting a much-needed lesson from very generous and knowledgable members on this site, as I'd hoped. The attached photos show the 00 frame and the water table.

This gun weighs 2-2 + 2-14 + 6 = 5-6, assuming my kitchen scale is accurate, which I believe it is.

I'll read Dave Suponski's article. Thank you for the lead.

[Autumn Daze]

Wayne, Enjoy the article. Much of my research came from Mr. Murphy