Barrel Weight Markings and Frame Size

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Eric Estes

I picked up a nice 12 ga lifter yesterday. Serial number 11009. It is a light weight. The unstruck barrels weigh 3 lb 11 oz. I am trying to square this up with the stamps on the flats. I see a 4 where I would expect to see unstruck barrel weight .

I don't see how you've determined that "The unstruck barrels weigh 3 lb 11 oz." as the barrels are in a finished condition.
I agree, that the 4 may have been the actual unstruck weight, i.e. 4 lbs even, and it's hard to believe they would have removed 5 ounces of metal in the finishing process. Is the present barrel length correct, to the book?

[Bill Murphy]

Many of the frame dimensions on page 527 of TPS refer only to the hammerless frames. Actually, only the firing pin separation figures in this chart of of use to hammer gun collectors. There are some off frames in early Parkers, but do not use the 1/2 size terminlology.