Fitting Repro barrels on a 1928 Parker?

[Jim McKee]

Can Parker Reproduction barrels be fitted to a Parker 1928 1 &1/2 frame gun with ejectors? same gauge.

[GH-16]

I wish I could answer this question, but it's almost impossible to do without having both the gun and barrels in hand so you can make the appropriate measurements & calculations between the two.

Repro barrels are really close to exact replicas of Remington era Parkers with 12ga's on a 1 1/2 frame, so I would assume the chances of fitting a set to an original Parker would be better with both the barrels & action being the same frame size.

Sorry I can't be more help, but when we're talking about swapping parts on a hand fitted & filed action, it's a total crap shoot.

[B. Dudley]

Maybe, maybe not. That is the name of the game. Likely they can work, but the amount of work needed to get there is an unknown.

[Kirk Potter]

I assume that you’d have better luck with a Remington Parker correct? I seem to see a lot of 12 gauge reproduction barrels around and every time I see a higher grade 1.5 frame with barrel issues it seems tempting.

[B. Dudley]

The era of manufacture means little really.

I have seen barrels 50 serial numbers apart need tons of work to fit, and ones 10,000 numbers apart need little work.

[Bob Jurewicz]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1027393508

Bob Jurewicz

[John Liles]

With regards to the advertisement that Bob referenced, and likely a dumb question, weren't the weights stamped upon the barrels, or referenced in the records, actually "un-struck" weights, before the barrels were filed and ultimately carded/finished for fit prior to blueing? If so, shouldn't the barrels weigh somewhat less now that the barrels are out there looking for a new home? Pardon if I'm applying an LC Smith practice inappropriately to the Parker Gun.
Thanks,
John

[Dean Romig]

No, you're right John - the barrels should definitely weigh less than the pre-struck weights stamped on the barrel flats of an original Parker.... Unless of course, one subscribes to the theory that the weight stamped was a post-struck weight and included the weight of the finished forend... which I do not.





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[Aaron Beck]

It said its a 2 barrel set, could it be this barrel was left heavy for balance?

[Bill Murphy]

Yes, some two barrel sets were made with identical weight barrels. Some were made with barrels of radically different weights. The reasons were known only to the original owners.