Parker lifter or not?

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by greg conomos

Well, this Parker has a new owner as of today....I am not sure who. But it was auctioned off so someone bought it. Anyway, it is serial 0219 which makes Brian quite correct in his assessment.

The auction guys told me one hammer was mismatched, and the barrel rib read 'Parker Bros Meriden CT Decarbonized Steel'

Let's see if it pops up in someone's hands....

I have SN 0229,

Best Regards, George

[B. Dudley]

Those Geha Mausers are neat creations.

[Fishtail]

I picked up the Parker today, haven't had too much time to study it yet. But, it is a rather small framed gun and I can't fit 12 ga shell into the chamber so my guess is it is a 14 ga or 16ga.

The stock has some cracks but they look quite fixable based on what I've seen other people fix on this site. The LOP is 14", not too bad for an oldie. It has the steel buttplate and as noted one hammer is incorrect and broken, too. Barrels are 29-1/2" long and one has a dent. I haven't looked down the bores yet as for some reason they have rolled up paper in them.

This gun would be a great project for a gunsmith or someone who does stock work.

[Fishtail]

A little more measuring and...it is a 14 gauge.

What's interesting is it looks to be a "1/2" frame gun. The pins are dead on 1-1/32" spacing which falls between the 0 and 1 frames. Does this sound plausible?

[Richard B. Hoover]

Originally Posted by greg conomos

A little more measuring and...it is a 14 gauge.

What's interesting is it looks to be a "1/2" frame gun. The pins are dead on 1-1/32" spacing which falls between the 0 and 1 frames. Does this sound plausible?

Greg,

Interesting. What measurements did you get for the bores?

Richard

[Fishtail]

I didn't measure them yet. I did measure the chamber diameter and it is right on the 14 ga dimension shown in TPS. A 12ga shell will 'no way' fit and a 16 is too loose.

[Fishtail]

Any and all comments are appreciated!

[Mills]

Very interesting gun.

[Fishtail]

Well it get weirder....the chambers measure right at .775 (14ga) then the barrels measure .731-ish which is 12 ga territory. Maybe it is an early attempt at overboring....

[Richard B. Hoover]

This is a 12-gauge gun chambered for the 12B brass Parker shells. A12B brass shell ialmist the same size as a modern 14-gauge shell. There will be Parker 12B shells at the SXS and they should fit perfectly. The .731 bore dimension is nearly perfect for a 12-bore size (0.729") indicating only slight pitting. I hope you bring it to SXS---I would like to see it.

Yours,


Richard B. Hoover