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Originally Posted by Gerry Addison
I have a 28 gauge with factory 24 inch barrels and they are specified that way in the serialization book.
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Gerry, here's my letter on 99687. 99686 was also purchased by the same family, and these were the first 24" 28ga guns
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Originally Posted by Aaron Beck
what does a 24" 28g on a 0 frame weigh? what is the stamped barrel weight on the flats?
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As you can see from the letter, my 24" gun was originally PG stocked, with a short LOP. I had Brian put a Parker straight stock on it, with a 14 1/8" LOP.
The gun weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces.
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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
There were only 27 known 28 gauge Parkers made with 24" barrels.
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I'd guess you're taking that from the tables at the back of volume II, but the actual number is a bit higher. 99687 isn't in the book, but that was because the order book entry was partially smudged with a red tick mark. See above copy from the book.
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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
I'll guess about 6 1/2 lbs or so.
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My 24" weighs 5 lbs 12, and my 28" weighs 5 lbs 14. My 30" is 6lbs 5oz.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Beck
6.5lb because the barrels are relatively thicker than a 20 or 16? did they not alter the outside profile?
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Yes, even the 0 frames are profiled smaller than a 20. The main reason my 30", also on an 0 frame, weighs in so much higher than the others is the stock is a very dense piece of circassion walnut. All are straight stocked.