Recently aquired a DHE

[Jim Akins]

Wendy, the barrels on your Parker were made and fitted by Manufacture Leguoise De Armes in Belgium and were proofed in 1949. Armaf Dagun was a trade names used by them, if you look on the barrels between the flats and the forend lug you should see a crown over ML, that was their trade mark. I have a set similar to yours that are from 1954. I recall that Atlas Arms offered this service around that time. They also sold unfitted barrels made in Italy that were much lower in quality that are encountered, they were marked Vickers Steel. The ML barrels while not Parker are high quality.

Jim A.

[Bill Murphy]

Jim's observation is the same as mine. I have looked at many Atlas barrels and some are very nicely made, others are not so nice. As long as I am giving advice, here goes. If your gun is working well, there is no reason to get professional help. It is a rare "gunsmith" who can improve on a working Parker by disassembling it for cleaning and lubrication, especially an ejector gun as yours is.

[Expensive Habit]

Hello again everyone,
Bill Murphy said that if I measured the distance between the firing pin centers that someone could probably tell me the frame size of my gun but I think my post was lost at the bottom of page 2! If anyone can tell me what the frame size is I would appreciate it.

From center to center of the firing pin holes is 1.1 inches

Thanks

[Bindlestiff]

Take a look at this link, I hope it answers your questions.

http://parkerguns.org/pages/faq/Framesize.htm

[Dean Romig]

Wendy, the measurements, in order to be precise as did Parker Bros. when they made your gun, must be in sixteenths of an inch - so, instead of telling us 1.1 inches it could be either 1 1/16" or 1 1/8" but you need to tell us exactly which it is.

[Expensive Habit]

The measurement as close as I can tell without calipers that measure in
16ths of an inch would be 1 1/8". So if I read the info correctly that would make it a 1 frame?? The info is a little confusing because it says 1 1/4 or 1 2/16 is a 2 frame but those two measurements are definately not the same! I think there is a typo there.
Mine is 1 2/16 so I think that means it is a 1 frame.....

[winplumber]

1 2/16 = 1 1/8

[Dean Romig]

With that late of a serial number it is very unlikely to be a 1-frame twelve gauge.

[Expensive Habit]

Back in the dark ages when I went to school 1 1/8" = 1 2/16"

but that is not what it said on the FAQ page. Typo......

[Expensive Habit]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

With that late of a serial number it is very unlikely to be a 1-frame twelve gauge.

Well, the ruler I was using put it at 1 1/8" or even slightly less. I wish I had a more precise measuring tool than a plastic ruler. The caliper I used though, said 1.1" exactly so it should not be more than 1 1/8" I don't think... ??? Would the frame size be included in the information in the research letter? I have sent for one...