She's a Beauty!

[Scott Eberle]

Originally Posted by John Knobelsdorf II

“I’m assuming the ends of the barrels were cut at some point.“ as per Scott, at # 16 above.


Scott: How long are the barrels?

Barrels are dead on 30”. I was assuming they were cut based on looking at some other shotguns I have about the same age (none are Parker’s and all very low end). But the other barrels all look like they taper to a fine edge at the muzzle where as the Parker seems to have been flush cut at some point. Is this standard for Parker’s?

[John Knobelsdorf II]

My copy of Price & Fjestad (picture below) shows to expect 30 inch barrels.

At Page 206 the entry is: 49877 D3 T 0 C 12 30

A letter from our Researcher based on factory records is the strongest confirmation I know of for how they left the factory (when records are available, as for your example).