New Member w/Parker Damascus

[David Macaleer]

Thanx for the warm welcome folks. I appreciate the reassurances about owning & shooting a damascus barrel gun. While I'm not sure I read any of the negative diatribes about shooting dam barrels on this site, my request to spare me from the diatribes was a defensive mechanism due to the widespread mis-information still prevalent in the ether. Obviously I'm amongst friends here!

Already I'm receiving great info from friendly people who know a lot more than I do about Parkers. I'm going to wait to respond to a couple of your questions as the gun is at the gunsmith and not in hand. Having it back and getting his full report with all the vital statistics will allow me to respond better (and accurately).

I am especially curious about the chamber size. I didn't want to assume it has 2-7/8 chambers as the chambers on some vintage guns can be tricky to measure. Especially as I will need to handload shells. Many thanx to the gentleman with the John Wayne avatar for the shorty 10 spreadsheet. Way cool. A bunch of food for thought!

I look forward to corresponding with all of you in the future!