lightest and heaviest parker barrels

[Bill Murphy]

Marked weight only.

[Bill Murphy]

My big ten Vulcan Steel ten is marked 8-14. I know it isn't the heaviest Parker going, but it it one of them. For fluid steel, it's pretty heavy. As soon as I can get to the scale, I'll weigh the whole gun. As I recall, its 13-8 or close. It is some Parker shotgun, more impressive than the eights.

[Bill Murphy]

The ten I discussed in the previous post is # 121593 . I finally got it on the scale and it weighs 13 pounds, 10 ounces. A previous owner was a Doctor in Palestine, Texas, who was not the person who ordered the gun, but was probably the person who had the ten gauge barrels made at Parker Brothers. His name and home town is professionally engraved on the trigger guard, but the exact spelling of the name is not legible, yet. The ten gauge barrels were a second set, and the forend lug and forend are marked "2". The eight gauge Twist Steel barrels are missing. I sure would like to find them.