A Parker Bros. Pump Gun?

[J.B. Books]

Earlier this week I visited the Cody Firearms museum in Cody Wyoming. If you go prepare yourself for sensory overload as they claim to have 4200 guns in their collection. The guns in glass cases combined with poor lighting made taking good photographs near impossible. I pulled out a drawer in the P section of their Gun Library and ran into something I have never heard about, a Parker Bros. Redfield Pump Shotgun. It's a prototype and very plain. The museum said it is from the 1932 to 1940 era. Who can tell us more about it?

[Dean Romig]

Pete, check in The Parker Story when you’re back home. I think I remember mention of this short-lived experinent.





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[Snap Cap]

Pete, try TPS Vol II Pages 462-464. Were you able to get a look at the breech bolt / ejection area of the receiver? The diagram on page 462 makes the bolt look pretty unique.

[B. Dudley]

It is mentioned in TPS, but all that is shown is a drawing done by Hayes. I do not think that this prototype at Cody was known of by the authors or it would have been included.

I have often wondered what ever happened to any efforts on that project of Hayes. As I figured he would have gone father into it than just a drawing.


I will have to try to inquire with Cody about some details on that gun.