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Unread 01-16-2017, 12:18 PM   #1
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Rick Losey... does your DH have a fishtail?
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Unread 01-16-2017, 12:58 PM   #2
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Rick Losey... does your DH have a fishtail?
No. But the PH does. I'll check the number

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the PH is 70168 -
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70253 Is a bit of an odd duck in the realm of Parker guns. It will show in the serialization book as a GH with no extras. It was sent back to Parker and fitted with SST, BTF with the reinforced lug, ejectors, straight stock even a skeleton butt. She's a Damascus barreled 16ga on an O frame.
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The fishtail top lever on a hammerless gun is somewhat of an anachronism. It's a holdover from the hammer gun days, where it's shape permitted opening the gun when the right hammer was cocked. My understanding of it's use on hammerless guns was simply to use up inventory. There is a certain ergonomic feel to it, but I doubt it's as much real as perceived.
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