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The barrels are likely NOT factory replacements.
I say this due to two observations. The fit of the dolls head rib extension into the frame would be better than it is if it were a factory job. AND the serial number is stamped on the wrong side of the barrel lug. The factory would not have done that. It does look to be a very nice gun with a lot of condition left on the frame.
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06-10-2019, 06:06 PM
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Thanks very much for your observations. Bill Schwarz noted the position of the serial number to me as well, Mr. Dudley. Who would have had access to Parker barrels to do the rebarreling work? Did Parker sell them to individual gunsmiths? I know the Vulcan barrels were made in greater numbers than any other Parker barrels.
The questions are academic only, as I intend to hunt with this gun, but I am trying my best to learn a bit of the history of these guns. Bill Jacobs |
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06-10-2019, 06:10 PM
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Do you have a clear photo of the other side of the barrel lug?
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Looks like original number was welded up and stamped on the other side for some reason. Barrels are just from another gun.
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06-10-2019, 07:23 PM
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Nice looking gun. If the barrels fit well and are sound, you have a nice example of one of the finest American made shotguns. I agree that a letter might be helpful, but again, if the gun is sound, all of it is Parker and should serve you well.
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06-10-2019, 07:26 PM
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...oh, yeah, and it's a 16!!! And an O frame!!
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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Bill:
Being interested in the gun's history, as you have said you are, the first place I'd start would be to seek a PGCA Factory Letter. I have an 0-grade 16-gauge, and beyond disclosing what physical attributes of the gun are original, the letter tells me what retailer in Boston, Massachusetts it was originally shipped to, from Meriden in 1907.
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