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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
John D.
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The chokes and chambers will have to be measured.
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In 1904, the "standard" 20-gauge shell in North America was a 2 1/2-inch shell with 3/4- and 7/8-ounce loads driven by 2 to 2 1/4-drams of bulk smokeless powder or the equivalent of dense smokeless powder. With Parker Bros. policy of holding chambers 1/8-inch shorter than the intended shell, 2 3/8-inch chambers in Parker Bros. 20-gauges are pretty common. My 1930 VH-Grade 20-gauge has 2 3/8-inch chambers.
Longer 20-gauge NPEs were offered, but the heavier 2 1/2-drams of bulk smokeless powder or 20-grains of dense smokeless powder, such as Infallible or Ballistite, loads pushing the same 7/8-ounce of shot a bit faster, that was only offered in the 2 3/4-inch or longer shells wasn't a catalog item until later. Those loads are not in 1905 listings but are in 1910, and I don't have any catalogs in between.
What may have been done to the chambers, forcing cones and chokes in the 120 years since the gun in question left Meriden is anyone's guess. Chambers, bores and chokes need to be measured by someone with the proper tools and expertise.
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