Odd Lifter Gauge… Opinions?

[ArtS]

Actually,it is notdue to age that there is no letter available, it is simply due to there being no information available according to the lookup. You can go to the home page and enter the serial number and it will tell you if factory records are available. For your number, it shows there are none. ''

The other relevent fact is that Parkers were never marked with any gauge designation. The only way to determine it is measure the chamber or use chamber gauges (or measure the chamber). I always found this extremely odd, but that is the situation.The fact that early guns often had oversized barrels due to the brass shotshell sizes at the time leads to more confusion. You see ads regularly for rare 11 gauge and 9 gauge guns when they are actually just 12 and 10 gauge guns with oversized barrels. The chamber is the defining criteria and is what matches the factory records. I have even seen people trying to sell these claiming "a mistake in the records" as the reason their rare gun slipped through unnoticed.

[Aron Cochran]

Interesting to know, thank you again. I don’t know much history of this gun before I purchased it, I appreciate the information. It’s a very interesting old shotgun, the fit & finish is very impressive. Thank you all again for the help with identification.