11-Gauge Parkers

[Richard B. Hoover]

Phil,

They may not have been honed. How does the interior of the barrels look. If it has mirror bore, then I would say honing was likely, but I can not imagine why anyone would go to the trouble of honing the Decarbonized steel barrels. If the gun barrels have obvious pitting commensurate with an Early, Back Action Parker that had a fair bit of use on Ducks and Geese, then it is most probably in original state. The .780" bore diameter is a proper bore size for a 10-gauge Parker. I think the gun was most likely finished as a 10 gauge Parker and chambered for the Parker 10B brass shotshells. In the 1869 and 1872 catalogs, Parker advertises theur guns in 10- 11- and 12-Ga and they were generally sold with the Brass shells. By the way, have you checked the constrictions at the muzzle to see about the chokes?

Yours


Richard

[Jim DiSpagno]

There is a P grade lifter on Gunbroker and the frame and fore end are serial numbers 19296 Book says 10 ga. Barrels on said gun are serial numbered 10593 book says 12 ga. lifter. Called and asked exactly what ga. it was ans was told it must be a 10ga.as 12 ga. shell was too small and an old 10 would fit as a new one would not chamber. They had no way of measuring the bore and chamber. Could this be an 11??? Worth a look. I have no verted interest in this gun but thought it might have some bearing on this post. Thanks and have a great holiday. Jim