Austin,
That is just the problem. Bill Furnish, George Flaim, Charlie Herzog and I have all found true 11-gauge Parkers that were entered in the Stock books as 12- or 10-gauge guns. And these are early (pre-1875) guns chambered 0.825" to 0.830" which is not suitable for either 12A brass or 12paper or 10A brass or 10 paper shells. We have also found perfect 12-bore Parker (0.729") barrels chambered for 11B brass shells. More measurements are needed. I have suggested to Charlie, that I could send my Bore and Chamber gauges to him, but it may be getting too late for him to get them to the SXS.
Maybe you could give me a call at 256-337-4082 as I would like to discuss this in more detail. I talk faster than I type (still only use one finger).
Chuck, I wil post my DGJ articles that contain the information on the early shotshell dimensions and my wanderings in the Parker 11-gauge briar patch as soon as I get them converted to .pdf files (hopefully later today.)
Thanks,
Richard
Richard
|
Threaded Mode