She is not in the Identification and Serialization book. She should have been in Order Book #47 which the I & S book says is missing. According to the website, she was built in 1905 and there are some factory records for this gun. I'll probably have to get a letter on this one, too. She's been boogered up a little over the last hundred years or so.
The barrels are serial numbered to the gun, but they have been cut. They are a little over 27". The bores are in excellent shape with no pitting. The barrels are also stuck on the gun. I can see why. The cocking crank will not drop down and release the cocking link. There is very little tension on the unhooking pin when I try to depress it. Much lighter than on my other two Parkers.
As I was researching to see the best way to work on this, I found a thread,
Barrels won't unhook, where Mr. Dudley says that he wrote an article last year in the Parker Pages that addresses this issue. That was before I became a member and I do not have access to the article.
I have soaked it down and am letting it sit for now.
Is there anyway that I could get a copy of Mr. Dudley's article? Any help would be appreciated.
11-30-2016, 02:43 AM
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