Question on 12GA Chambers

[esetter - Gerry Addison]

I thought I would take a couple pics and show you the work Bachelder did on this gun. I think they did a very nice job. Notice the Mullered borders, real case coloring, and even a gold plated trigger. He must have also adjusted the trigger as this gun has the best trigger pull of any single trigger Parker I've owned.

[Richard Skeuse]

Gerry A . The gun looks great. My only comment is there are 2 screws that are out of alignment. The front screws on both sides may have been switched on reassembly. they should be horizontal. try switching the right for the left. Thanks

[SXS OHIO]

Brad does great work...just look at those colors...(-:

[esetter - Gerry Addison]

Thanks, wood is not spectacular but has great grain flow through the wrist which I always look for.

[Joe Bernfeld]

Checkering borders and colors look great! I wonder why he didn't clean up the checkering though. It would much improve the factory job. Evens out the spacing and points up all the diamonds. I really prefer the oil finished wood!

Here's a pic of the 28 ga. I fixed that broke in half through the checkering. Unfortunately, even if you blow the picture up, I'm not sure you can see how much better the checkering looks. I wish you could download larger files here for more resolution.

[Wild Skies]

I've got two 12-ga. Repros with 28" barrels, both are stamped "12 GAUGE 2 3/4" but both of these guns have 3" chambers. They are both Sporting Clays Classic models which were advertised as having 3" chambers despite the "12 GAUGE 2 3/4" stamping on them. This gets me to wondering if most, if not all of the 12-ga. 28" Repros have 3" chambers, even though they may have been stamped with only 2 3/4"????

For those with 12-ga. 28" Repros with only the 2 3/4" stamping, have you actually measured them to verify?

[esetter - Gerry Addison]

Joe, I've never done checkering but I'm not sure you could even out the spacing on the checkering. That has always been one of my major dislikes about the Repros is the poor checkering. Some rows are very well spaced and some are not. If they were recut even I think it might really mess things up, but then again I'm not a guy that does checkering. At least it is hand cut and not done with a laser, which I hate.

[Joe Bernfeld]

Originally Posted by Gerry Addison

Joe, I've never done checkering but I'm not sure you could even out the spacing on the checkering. That has always been one of my major dislikes about the Repros is the poor checkering. Some rows are very well spaced and some are not. If they were recut even I think it might really mess things up, but then again I'm not a guy that does checkering. At least it is hand cut and not done with a laser, which I hate.

Gerry, I've cleaned up the checkering on most of the guns I've owned and it's possible to make it look much better, although sometimes not perfect. It also allows the wood figure in the checkered area to show up better. Parker Reproductions in particular seem to have many flat topped diamonds and the lines often aren't cut to the edge of the pattern. The spacing can often be improved a lot.

[paul stafford jr]

MONEY WELL SPENT, on the boarders and case colors , I always wondered why they never got the boarders wright , there not hard to duplicate , but doing after the fact, that's a different story. brads shop does fine work.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by paul stafford jr

I always wondered why they never got the boarders wright , there not hard to duplicate

Actually, the borders of the checkering were done correctly according to the sample late Remington Parkers that Tom Skeuse sent to Japan as templates for the Parker Reproductions. The late Remington era Parkers did NOT have mullered borders... however the Remington Parkers DID have a diamond in the points of the borders that are unfortunately not represented in the Repros.