|
01-06-2010, 05:57 PM | #3 | ||||||
|
How do they know for sure it's a 14 gauge? The line between that and a 16 is very very fine, particularly on brass shell type chambers such as this one would be.
DLH
__________________
I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV |
||||||
01-06-2010, 06:12 PM | #4 | ||||||
|
Robin Lewis owns the first 16 bore that Parker Bros. ever made - a much later lifter gun (a B-Grade) so that T-Latch can't be a 16.
|
||||||
01-06-2010, 06:16 PM | #5 | ||||||
|
There are no records from that era, nobody really knows for sure Dean. To say something like that is an absolute fact is similar to splitting up the words assume into it's various parts.
DLH
__________________
I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV |
||||||
01-06-2010, 06:18 PM | #6 | ||||||
|
Anything you say Destry.
|
||||||
01-06-2010, 06:24 PM | #7 | ||||||
|
Is it a 14a or a 14b, or a 16a or a 16b, or something else......
The lines of gauge in those days were drawn but lightly.
__________________
I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV |
||||||
01-06-2010, 06:32 PM | #8 | ||||||
|
You read the auctioneer's description and I read the auctioneer's description so you and I know the same things about this Parker. I certainly have no idea if it is a 14A or a 14B and I doubt the auctioneer knows either but he sounds like he knows his stuff but maybe you'll call him and ask for yourself. All I know at this point is I'm not gonna get the "Shack Nasties" over it - how 'bout you?
|
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post: |
01-06-2010, 07:34 PM | #9 | ||||||
|
I could give two sh*ts really Dean, it's just fun to mess with you. I've got more guns that I'll ever shoot and gotta find money to pay for this most recent. A 14 gauge isn't something I need or ever will need.
DLH
__________________
I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV |
||||||
01-06-2010, 08:26 PM | #10 | ||||||
|
Well, I'll consider myself expertly "messed with" - you . . . you scalywag you
|
||||||
|
|