Best Frame Sizes

[C.O.B.]

The vast majority of my Parker's are either O or 1 frame guns with the O frames leading the pack

[Jerry VanHorn]

I'm a sucker for O frame 16s. I have 6..VH...GH....Pistol/Straight/26"/28"..and the 16 Hammer with the lightened frame cuts..

[B. Dudley]

I would say that the factory basic "Standard" frame sizes by gauge are as follows...

28g: 00
20g: 0
16g: 1
12g: 2 (but then later the 1-1/2 frame became much more common)
10g: 3

Anything beyond this is simply personal preference as to what the individual shooter likes.

A clue to this factory "Standard" would certainly be how they decided to standardize the Trojan grade. Only built in 0 frame 20, 1 frame 16 and 2 frame 12 (with the exception of EXTREME rare occasions).

Now... it is important to say that there is NO mention in any Parker literature about "Frame Sizes" or what the frame sizes are. Only mention of the factory being able to build a gun for proper balance or to any customer specification required.

[Richard LeStage]

Thank you, Brian. This is the information I was looking for.

[C.O.B.]

Richard if your referring to me the dog is Gunner the best GSP to ever point a bird.

[Spin Drift]

Were any 00 frame Twenty's made? I have some 0 frame 16's and they are sweet to shoot but a 28ga frame 20 maybe sublime.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Michael Moffa

Were any 00 frame Twenty's made? I have some 0 frame 16's and they are sweet to shoot but a 28ga frame 20 maybe sublime.

Yes. The third Parker 20 is on a 00 frame, as are a (very) few others of the early ones.

[edgarspencer]

further to the above, the first 20ga. Parker, 4634, is on a 1 frame. The 0 frame had not yet been made, and I don't know what the first 20 on an 0 frame is. I believe 5410 is the 2nd, and 6999 is the third, though in the serialization book, it is listed as a 30" 10gauge.
I believe 10165 is the 4th 20, and that is also on a 00 frame.

I am not sure calling these early, very small framed 20 gauge guns 00 framed guns is correct, in that no 0 frame gun predates them, but the dimensions are within a few thous of what is listed in TPS as 00.

15837 and 15838 are the 5th and 6th 20s, and it is likely that these are on the 0 frame, as the first 16ga lifters were right in this neighborhood.

The enclosed pictures are of the barrel of 6999, which the Research Chairman has confirmed is in the order book as a 20ga.

[Dean Romig]

The firing pin spacing on 10165 is actually a few thousandths narrower than the 00-frame spacing.

No hammerless Parker 20, that we know of, was made on such a small frame size.

This is 10165...

No, I do not have an especially large hand... 10165 is an especially diminutive Parker 20.


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[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

The firing pin spacing on 10165 is actually a few thousandths narrower than the 00-frame spacing.

No hammerless Parker 20, that we know of, was made on such a small frame size.

This is 10165...

No, I do not have an especially large hand... 10165 is an especially diminutive Parker 20.


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Wow that one is rather tiny for sure ! We were in Fredericksburg VA at the Fausti headquarters picking up some warranty repair guns a couple years ago , they had just gotten back from the Dallas Safari Club Show , one of the guns they had taken was a very diminutive 28 gauge hammer gun which intrested me until he dropped the price on me , think it was about 50G’s For that price I could get a 28 VH a 410 VH and most likely a16 VH on an 0 frame .