The 1910 Hayes patent covered the bolt bite, but also covered the opening mechanism of the bolt as well. This redesign in the bolting mechanism reduced the amount of parts in the top lever mechanism thus replacing the previous one with a long shaft that directly operated a redesigned bolt.
Other marked patents on Parker guns would be for the hammerless mechanism itself, as well as the forend latch mechanism.
Gerald,
Do you own any of the books written on Parkers? Most all of them have a list of Parker patent numbers in them.
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B. Dudley
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