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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..
The Sept-Oct 2015 issue of Shooting Sportsman magazine has an interesting article about the barrelman who is doing the Damascus work for Greener in those few shot guns that become available. The guns are made with old, raw tubes that were retained in stock. The article describes the process of barrel filing, boring, chambering and fitting, and the time consuming process of working with Damascus. Of interest is the price of these Greener guns, which are the price of a new Lamborghini, which I take is costly indeed.
We are fortunate in that Parker and other top American makers used top quality Damascus barrels, and prices for mid level ( D grade) or even high level Parkers with Damascus barrels are cheap by comparison. Some are even small bores, and small bore Damascus British game guns would be very difficult to find.
I and many friends are particularly attracted to Damascus barrel Parkers for their attractiveness, and we use them for shooting targets and game without hesitation.
So here are a few photos of Damascus guns. You will see the common 2 and 3 Croille, and the less common Bernard, Chain and Stars and Bars.
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