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Bill:I do have a letter and it was purchased by J.W.Cross in a small town in Minnesota back in 1885. I hope to trace down and see who this man was. I have to find out what he would be hunting with this 14 pound gun. It was more than likly waterfowl because of the Mississippi flyway. Thanks Thomas
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09-18-2011, 09:06 PM
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Wow. Is 14 pounds what he specified on the order? I have seen 12 gauge guns special ordered as heavy as ten pounds, but fourteen pounds for a ten would be a record, in my opinion.
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09-18-2011, 09:27 PM
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Bill:It was ordered L.O.P. 141/4", drop at comb 2",drop at heel2 3/4",Weight 14 pounds. The price was 80.00,right full, left hand full. Thomas
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thomas my barrels were 32 inch from factory..only reason i can come up with is your barrels are same size as 8 ga and that your barrels being bored to 10 ga left more still in them and my 8 ga bing bored thus took uot more steel thus weighing less...does this sound like a good guess.. charlie
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09-18-2011, 11:34 AM
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Where do we find that there are only five #5 frame ten gauges? I'm not familiar with any piece of Parker Brothers research material that lists totals for any frame size.
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09-18-2011, 11:34 AM
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frank thats a mighty good looking 5 frame...is it possibls for all those that have 5 frame guns to post the weight of there guns to compare with 8 ga...boy if i could order a new parker a 10 ga 5 frame would have my name on it...some one posted a picture a while back of a 10 ga hammerless with 40 inch barrels i wonder if this was the other 5 frame gun... this trips my trigger talking about the rarer stuff... charlie
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Charlie, I would like to have you fire a few shots out of my #6 frame hammerless ten. She has long chambers and weighs 13 1/2 pounds. I haven't named her yet, will probably wait until she makes game.
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Frank, that Parker is an "attention getter" wherever she shows up. Two events that come to mind this year are the New Year's Day Shoot at Major Waldron's (pictures in your post of that fire-breathin' ten bore) and at Addieville in May where it could be heard everywhere in the property ( as well as a couple of nearby horrified neighborhoods) and the smoke probably lingers there to this day...
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