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Are the Grade 2 hammerless Dam 20ga counts correct in TPS?
Unread 07-03-2021, 07:04 PM   #1
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Are the Grade 2 hammerless Dam 20ga counts correct in the PS? I remember an addendum being discussed a while back and I did not record the correct counts. Can anyone help me out? Thanks Craig
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Craig, I had asked this a while back. Dave Noreen responded back then:

The Quality 2 Damascus barrel hammerless 20-gauge numbers in The Parker Story are all a misprint. You need the Errata Sheet Version 3, 6/6/01. The corrected numbers are 1 24-inch, 145 26-inch, 3 27-inch, 244 28-inch, 49 30-inch, 1 31-inch and 3 32-inch.


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"Page 279, Table at lower left -- "GRADE 2 HAMMERLESS GUNS WITH DAMASCUS STEEL BARRELS" -- The column with statistics for the 20 gauge is incorrect. A total of 446 hammerless doubles of 20-gauge were made with barrel lengths as follows: (length/count) - (32/3), (31/1), (30/49), (28/244), (26/145), (24/1). These changes will effect the totals in various summary tables."
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Here are two threads related to this question:

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...+errata&page=2

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22506
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The errata sheet makes sense. TPS brought us way ahead in Parker knowledge, but it is an ongoing process. I bet the authors themselves would be the first to acknowledge that. It is what makes Parker research so much fun too
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Yup, our precious little Dam 2 20 gauges are as common as a Mercedes in Middleburg.
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Thanks guys, I found I had recorded the figures but under 20ga TL hammer gun column. Grade 1,2 and 3 hammerless damascus 20ga guns made up about 1 1/2% of total production. Not rare but uncommon, an example of each would make a nice collection for the average collector. Thanks again for help.
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I’m in the process of adding a beautiful set of 28” 20 gauge Damascus barrels to one of my 0-frame 16 ga. Damascus GH on the 0-frame guns. It’ll be a sweet combo.

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I have a 0 frame 16 project I am working on as well
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Small bore hammerless Parkers with Damascus barrels are the ultimate, uncommon but available. Very nice Dean!!
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I just added pictures to my previous post.





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