Defining a Parker Long Range shotgun

[Bill Murphy]

I think the 3" Remington era Parker mentioned by Lt Col Marriot is one I saw when it first surfaced in the retail world at least a couple of owners ago and I declined to purchase because of its poor condition and its light weight and 1 1/2 frame. Any comments about swamped barrels or not swamped barrels should be put to rest by measurements of outside diameter, breech to muzzle in 2 5/8" and marked 3" barrels. I seriously doubt that a 1 1/2 frame Remington era 3" marked gun has any different barrel taper than does a normal 2 5/8" 1 1/2 frame gun of the same era. I would like to see a 3" marked Remington gun placed on an accurate scale. I think Frank would like to see the same.