Buying & flying with a new Parker

[Snap Cap]

Larry, it would be very interesting to know the minimum barrel wall thickness and the barrel thickness profile in general. What does the actual distance between firing pin centers measure? A nice find of a very desirable vhe configuration even without the added velocity warning. Congratulations and thanks for sharing the photos.

[Bob Brown]

Found it. The DGJ article was titled "Some American Lightweights", written by Colin McLagen in volume 13, issue 4, winter of 2002. I was wrong about it being a 1/2 frame. The article mentioned the 1/2 frame, but the pictured Parker with the "For Standard Velocity Only" was a 6 lb, 7 oz, 1 frame 12 VH. Stamped the same place on the left barrel near the chamber.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Good job searching Bob.
Very cool gun and a nice one to boot.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

The barrel lug has an O stamped, but I will measure the distance between the pins when I get back from the next trip I'm taking.

[Researcher]

Bob,

Thanks for doing the searching. Great job!!

I'm thinking these guns should be added to "Parkers Found" next time it is run in Parker Pages?

Dave

[Bill Murphy]

Harry, his reference to "28" was barrel length, not gauge. I think this is the first 20 gauge we have seen with this factory marking. Great find. I can't make out the barrel weight marking from the picture. What is the barrel weight marking?

[Bob Brown]

You're welcome for the reference. Now, does anybody have a good excuse I can give my wife who is wondering why I can remember an obscure point in an article I read a decade ago and can't remember my wedding anniversary after more three times that long? I've got nothing.

[Alfred Greeson]

No doubt it is a rare disease that strikes a lot of American men, it could be associated with being exposed to too much gun fire but she might counter that thought with, "you may be exposed to more if your memory doesn't improve"........seems the only remedy is to keep a small calendar and write down those important dates that could endanger your health if you continue to forget them. But then, if you all of a sudden are really good at remembering things, she might wonder what you have really been up to!

[Bill Murphy]

It's amazing how a young boy can read Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith when ten or eleven years old and remember specific details of that reading after six years of college, a bit of military service, and thirty some years in the business world, as well as raising a family. Is there a name for this phenomenon?

[Double Lab]

Yes..... selective memory.

Bob,
I guess we all remember what is really interesting to us. Don't tell your wife I said that.