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Eric, If you would have asked the question yesterday I could have given you an answer to the gun's weight. However I shipped the frame and a newly purchased set of 30" barrels to Brad Belchelder yesterday to have the barrels restored and fitted to the gun. The unstruck weight of the original 28" barrels is 3 lbs 10 ounces.
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I had the privilege of seeing this gun in person the other day and it is even more wonderful than the pictures indicate. 4 generations of family ownership make it priceless IMO. It sure would be neat to see a PP article on it someday if possible.
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I mentioned to Dean a few months ago I'd write an article on my great-grandfather and his gun for the Parker Pages and I will, but just can't quite say when. Need to find time to do more research. Since I first received this gun's Letter a few years ago I've been researching more about him, Gilbert deLafayette Jay 1850-1829 (Kokomo, IN). Not only had he ordered this Parker in April 1887 and took deliver in October the same year, he also ordered a 16 gauge G top lever at the same time. But the G was returned to Parker for credit and resold several times according to the Letter for that gun. I imagined he ordered both and kept the one he liked best. He was also was a very active field trial breeder/owner of first generation American Llewellin setters. Breeding his Llewellin's to the likes of Dan Gladstone, Ch. Sioux and a few other Llewellin and Laverack notables. There's a heavy pedigree of breeding to Count Wind'em in his line of dogs. Count Wind'em fathered Count Noble, the premier American Llewellin field trial dog back in the mid-late 1800's. My Llewellin setter Max (a whole separate story), has lines that can be traced back to Count Wind'em as well. Sorry for being a bore but you can tell I'm proud to be the family caretaker of this Parker and Max, and both see a lot of time in the field.
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