Turkey killing pattern for old Parker

[tom tutwiler]

Thanks for the assistance. I'll take it apart soon and figure it out. I've had the locks off a couple of times already. Also appears the firing pin just slides in and out. Assume the spring is gone and the firing pin is partially broken. I don't see anyway it could go out far enough to fully engage the primer on the shell. It only protrudes out maybe a 1/16 of a inch.

[Joe Mason]

i patterned my hammer gun a couple weeks ago, 1893 0 grade top lever #1 frame 12g, i consistantly got 12-18 in the kill zone at 25 yards, that dropped to between 6-10 at 30, this was consistant with 3 shells per barrel using RST 12g 2 3/4 "PHEASANT" 1 1/4oz #6..... so out of 12 shots had 100% kills out to 30 yards, 5 yards further however yeilded different results, at 35 yards my pattern was 50% 3 out of 6 being kills, anything beyond that was even worse... anyways im going out on may 9th in the saint-croix river valley on the minnesota/wisconsin border (minnesota side) and besides getting a turkey, my secondary goal is to get a picture worthy of the parker of the month...