Remington 1/2 Frame Parkers

[Bill Zachow]

Austin, the smallest framed 8 gauge I have ever seen is a 5. Owned the gun for about 2 days and then returned it. Too many issues, even though it was a lifter. One neat thing about it...the shell head rims fit into a recesses on the standing breech.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Zachow

One neat thing about it...the shell head rims fit into a recesses on the standing breech.

Wow! I've never heard of that before. Have you ever seen another in any gauge that was made that way? I've seen a couple of early Parkers with gas venting recesses in the standing breech and escape holes.










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[Bill Murphy]

Bill Zachow, it is very interesting that you mention a hammer gun built on a #5 frame, but hammerless eight gauges seem to be limited to #6 frames. In fact, there seem to be no #4 or #5 hammerless frames in any gauge that have surfaced. I have measured the eight gauge shell against the existing frame sizes and have determined that an eight gauge #3 frame hammerless gun can be built, but no one has come forward with one built at the Parker Brothers factory so far.

[Austin W Hogan]

I think that the Remington Frame information came from a parts list of 1950's vintage. The frame info was to be used when ordering parts.

Best, Austin