New To Forum and To Parker 28 Gauge

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by David C Porter

It's easy to see the boring line around the breach chambers. The old barrels ribs removed, barrels cut off & breach bored out & sleeved barrels inserted, soldered & rechambered.

Each barrel smith has his own method, but I suspect they were furnace brazed rather than soldered. Not that it matters a whole lot because this gun looks like a nice shooter, but yoke magnaflux would instantly show a distinct line, both at the breach and the joint between new tubes and original 'block'.

[David C Porter]

I doubt that they would be furnace brazed since they were demi-bloced with the bottom bloc brazed at the breech end & the rear & top ribs soft soldered. Trying to braze the sleeves in would more than likely make the breech end come apart.

[edgarspencer]

Ribs aren't laid at that point, and they wrap the whole breech with iron wire.

[David C Porter]

I understand the process. Been there & done it many times.

[Pitts Yandell]

So all this being said is there an explanation for one source saying it wasn't born a 28 gauge and another authority says is was born a 28 gauge.

[Pa SxS]

Show me the source that says it wasn't born a 28 gauge gun. The letter told you how it was built. That's the way it left the factory.

[David C Porter]

It's obvious from your letter that it left the factory as a 28ga & some where down the road was sleeved with new tubes. To know if your donner barrel is original you need to look at the serial number on the barrel & see if it matches the serial number on the receiver water table. Also, is the number fonts the same on both.

[Pa SxS]

He should be happy it wasn't sleeved to a 20ga or 16ga.