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Unread 12-31-2024, 08:01 AM   #21
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You're absolutely correct Clark. To own and shoot a Parker we form a special relationship with them and respect for the craftsmen who made these fine sxs's.
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Unread 12-31-2024, 01:54 PM   #22
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Another question
What does “overload” mean
Stamped under the barrels
Apparently by someone else
Does not look very professional
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Unread 12-31-2024, 02:15 PM   #23
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This? The Parker Bros. Overload Proved stamp first appeared about 1925



A Parker Service and Proof Load table was published in the 1930s and reproduced in the The Parker Story p. 515.
12g 2 3/4” shell service pressure was listed as 10,500 psi.
Definitive proof used 7.53 Drams Black Powder and 2 oz. shot with a pressure of 15,900 psi. The pressure was no doubt measured using LUP and modern transducer values would be 10-14% higher, or more than 17,500 psi.

LTC Calvin Goddard reported the same numbers in “Army Ordnance”, 1934. He wrote that Parker followed the SAAMI standards of that period: 13,700 psi proof, 9500 psi service for 2 5/8” chamber; 15,900 psi proof, 10,500 psi service for 2 3/4” chamber (by LUP) + 10-14% for modern transducer measurement.
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Yes
This shows up on my second Parker
A 1928 12 ga
I still don’t plan to use anything other than the lights rounds
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pardon my attempts to upload picture - not as easy as drag it over !Untitled.jpg

maybe this worked!
now my questions
is this a 2 grade ? meaning weight?
and the rest of the markings?
I really appreciate the patience of the members
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A 2 frame 12 gauge with unstruck barrel weight of 3 pounds, 15 ounces.
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Good Morning,
Would there be a reason not to use the AA shells?
They appear to be a very light load. I have used
Would appreciate a comparison of the two.
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This is old independent testing data. Winchester declines to share pressure data. FPS and PSI

AA ‘Low noise Low recoil’ 15/16 oz. AA12FL 980 6,200
Old AACF Xtra-Lite 1 oz. WAAL12 1,190 8,000
New AAHS Xtra-Lite Target 1 oz. AAL12 1,180 8,760
Old AA 3 Dr. Eq. 1 1/8 oz. Trap WW12AAP 1,200 9,600
Super-Target 1 oz. TRGTL12 1,200 10,440
Super Sport Sporting Clays 1 1/8 oz. AASC12 1,360 11,660

IMHO if barrels are unsafe with 1 oz. at 1200 fps loads, they are unsafe.
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It looks like then the AA low noise are ok?
They’re available locally to me for about $17 a box
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Those are ridiculously light. I think you're over reacting.
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