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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Richard, do you have any specific serial number ranges in mind to include in your statistical data recording or any inclusive years of manufacture?
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Dean,
Thanks a million for the Parker Pages Articles.
Regarding serial numbers, the ranges of greatest interest are:
1. Any T-Latch or Charles Parker Maker guns
2. 11-ga guns between #2149 and #5287 as shown in TPS pg #1004
3. Parker #46740 --- I would love to hear from anyone who has ever seen this gun.
Based on some of the guns of Bill Furnish, I think there may even be 11-ga Parkers with serial numbers as high as 15,000. If anyone suspects they have an 11-ga in higher serial number I would love to see it.
I would also like to measure some 10-ga and 12-ga Parkers made before and after March, 1892. This will show how widely overbored the pre-1892 12-ga Parkers were (see TPS Pg. 517). This stock book notation also indicates that Parker made their bore measurements "midway down the barrel" rather than "9 inches in front of the breech" as was the practice in the England and Belgium Proof Houses. I plan to follow the Parker system for making these measurements.
By the way, I spoke with Dan Bromley of the Cody Museum today. They have an 11-ga Boyd & Tyler #237 made on July 21, 1868. They also have an 11-ga Delaney from London, England. But this is a muzzle loader that was made in the early 1860's.
It is not clear to me that they have any 11-ga Parkers in their collection. However, their computer list two, but they do not have bore and chamber dimensions for these guns. The exact serial numbers were not disclosed, s the guns were on loan. However, Dan did tell me that both of these Parkers were above Serial #6000. One of them has a replaced stock, barrels and trigger, so it is unlikely it is an11-gauge Parker. The other could not be verified by the Stock Book, no numbers above #5287 are included in the list given in The Parker Story.
Thanks for your help,
Richard
03-26-2014, 01:04 AM
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