New To Forum and To Parker 28 Gauge

[Researcher]

The serial number 131429 is not on the list of 28-gauge guns from the records, published in The Parker Story, page 1005. So, it likely started life as an 0-frame 16- or 20-gauge. The research letter pick on the home page here shows there are surviving records for 131429 so you should join the PGCA and order a letter on the gun. At some point in its life the original tubes were cut off and new 28-gauge tubes inserted in the surviving mono-bloc. It appears the frame has been re-case colored by the cyanide process, not the bone-charcoal method that would have been in use in 1905.

[edgarspencer]

It would appear that a skilled hand built a functional gun. The engraved band on the barrels forward of the hinge pin would indicate it was sleeved professionally. The Miller selective trigger and Briley chokes make this gun quite versatile. The buttstock and fore end don't appear to be Parker, but there again, done to a good quality level. While not falling into a collector category, it looks like a fun gun, and nothing is funner than 28 ga.
Does the top rib have an inscription?

[Pitts Yandell]

My eyes are having a hard time believing this was retubed. It was really well done. The top rib is pictured below. The distortion of perspective is from the camera.



https://imgur.com/FFxXVuu

[Bill Murphy]

Well done is when you can't see the joint. Nice gun though.