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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
John D.
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10-19-2012, 02:29 PM
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Russ, it's interesting that Dave mentioned the Fred Kimble B Grade ten gauge, which is, in fact, a 33" gun. There is one other B Grade 33" ten gauge, also made for a Parker shooter, W.F. Wheal. The Wheal gun later got a set of 12 gauge barrels. The only other 33" ten is a C Grade made for W.S. Perry, another Parker shooter. I was lucky to have bought the 33" C and another 33" Perry gun, not a Parker, at a Pennsylvania auction a few years ago. The Wheal gun and the Perry gun are consecutive serial numbers. Apparently, Parker Brothers felt that Fred Kimble's success with the 33" barrels was reason enough to outfit two other of their favorite shooters with 33" guns. All three guns are 11 pound #4 frame pigeon guns. Oddly these shooters only shot them for Parker Brothers for two years, after which Parker made new hammerless guns for their company shooters.
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The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Bill Murphy For Your Post:
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10-19-2012, 02:31 PM
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Brian, yes, 6.5 pounds is light, but Parker built 6 pound 12 gauges also, one 6 pound VH was made with 22" Vulcan Steel barrels. Just another oddball order we found when copying the records.
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