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Parker Bros. Never made a production muzzle loader nor a percussion gun, much less a pin fire. And we are taught to “never say never” regarding things “Parker Bros.” but in this case I will say it.
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Best I could tell it was from England based on some proof marks but did not dig into as much, but it was definitely from Europe. I think Greener also made black powder muzzleloading percussion cap shotguns and a lot of them made their way to the states and frontier. Wish I knew more about it but as understand shotgun use became very prevalent starting in the 1850's but they were all muzzleloaders. Obviously the advent of breech loading cartridges transformed it in late 1860's. I don't think there were a whole bunch of US manufactuers that made muzzeloading shotguns but Europeans did and a lot of them made their way here. Hence you don't hear a lot about them and I think most of them were pretty inexpensive and used and abused up. Think it safe to say we all love double barreled shotgun sports and it started with with these black powder muzzleloaders that started popularity of design and use that transformed into what we enjoy today. |
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Thank you all for your thoughts and comments!
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You might search: W. Parker (not a Parker Bros)
https://www.gunsamerica.com/98442397...ER-SHOTGUN.htm |
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there were Parkers making guns in England since the days of flintlocks -
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Mervyn if you look closely at the engraving on the side plates it says T Parker. I believe these were cheap imposters made in Belgium. It would still be interesting to hear what you know of the history of the gun 8-)
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