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Calvin, that mark is where the steel forend tip rests.
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11-07-2010, 09:33 AM | #14 | ||||||
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I wonder if Parker stockpiled individual tubes and as orders came in selected two and put sets together thus the mismatched patterns. I have a 16ga GH from the early 1900's with mismatched damascuss tubes.
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11-08-2010, 08:39 AM | #15 | ||||||
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The early twist and Laminated steel barrels are among the most mismatched tubes. I don't know what criteria were used in selecting or matching tubes.
Damascus barrels are a lot closer, but still show anomilies and changes within each tube. |
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11-08-2010, 09:46 AM | #16 | ||||||
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I would think that because composite barrels were basically hand made that there would be variations constantly. I bet that if we examined barrel tubes very closely that no two were exactly alike. But unfortunately the criteria for putting together"matched sets" is lost to time.
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12-31-2010, 09:00 PM | #17 | ||||||
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Awesome pics at the top Brad. I'm going to have to make a trip across the state to your shop while in Michigan some November. I thought about doing it this last trip so I could have you bend the stock on my Daly, but didn't find the time. I'll make it sometime.
I would imagine that with those early and not high-grade guns they used whatever barrels they had laying there that would work; if they had some that matched, fine, if not, fine also... just getterdone and on the rack..... |
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