40 inch barrels

[charlie cleveland]

boy I sure made a big mistake in the length of those barrels....are there any parker barrels longer than 40 inches...I don't.........I read on the 8 ga that it had 3 1/2 inch chambers that's the first for me there usally 3 1/4 inch.....if I had ordered this gun it would have had 4 1/4 inch chambers and another one just like it for bill murphy.....charlie

[B. Dudley]

40” was the longest length that Parker made.

[charlie cleveland]

thanks brian...charlie

[Researcher]

While the "standard" 8-gauge shell was 3 1/4-inch, UMC. and Winchester offered 8-gauge NPEs up to 4-inch.

EXPERT NPEs 1905 catalog.jpeg

LEADER 1901 NPEs 1916.jpg

[B. Dudley]

It was an NH made 1899.

[Researcher]

Not many or very good pictures of guns they expect five figures for.

[Bill Murphy]

Nothing new there.

[charlie cleveland]

I noticed the the odd lengths in all gauges I would like to have some of those lengths to add to my collection...I have some of those 8 ga in 4 inch paper hulls and a few 4 ga leader brand paper hulls...how about those 10 ga and 12 ga 3 1/4 inch....charlie

[Dean Romig]

I wonder if Charlie Green still has his 40" 10 ga. DH shown on page 1027 of Vol. II of The Parker Story?





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[Mills]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I wonder if Charlie Green still has his 40" 10 ga. DH shown on page 1027 of Vol. II of The Parker Story?





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I've been in awe of that gun since I first saw it in The Parker Story.

Daryl Middlebrook had a 40" GH 8 on display at the Southern years ago. It was raining and some water had accumulated on it. I wiped the water off and figured Daryl wouldn't mind my picking it up and handling it, since I just saved it from rust. It handled well and you would not know it was 40 inches.

Still, I would not trade my 34" 8 gauge and have recently become an afficionado of short barrelled guns