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Unread 09-28-2021, 02:15 PM   #1
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I inherited the back half of a Parker Brothers hammerless side by side double barrel shotgun. It is a 1909 manufacture VH. The widest dimension across the firing pins is 2 1/16”. I kneed to know the gauge of the gun so I can purchase the correct barrel and forearm. Thanks, Ed T.
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Unread 09-28-2021, 02:34 PM   #2
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Looks like an O frame gun that could be a 16 or 20 gauge. Your gun is not in the serialization book but there are surviving records for this one so you should join the PGCA and order a research letter which may clear some things up for.
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Edward. This looks to be a little used VH. Is there any chance that the barrels are still in estate stuff. Those barrels won’t just drop into any other Parker. All was hand fitted at manufacture. I spent years trying to find a barrel set that would just drop in. I did finally. I think it was 12 years. I would sure want to do an exhaustive search through the estate items unless you know for a fact the barrels were lost stolen destroyed sold etc. Good luck. There are members on this site who can make it whole again. No matter what you do make sure whoever lays hands on this knows Parkers inside out. Cheers Jack
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Edward - the correct measurement to determine frame size and likely gauge possibilities is the exact distance between firing pin centers. Yours appears to be exactly 1-inch which makes it a 0-frame. 16's, 20's and early 28's were built on the 0-frame.





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Dean I would think the bolster measurements would rule out the possibility of this being a 28 gauge. Would you agree with that?
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No Randy that wouldn't rule out a 28 gauge. I had one that accepted a set of 20 ga. barrels perfectly.





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You are going to be fighting an uphill battle putting the gun back together if that is all you have. All the guns were hand fitted and there is not a lot of perfect interchangeability of parts.
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But some are close enough to be made to fit with some welding and machining.





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I don't know if there are enough pictures to tell us whether this is an ejector gun or an extractor gun. Send us pictures of the front of the receiver..
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I would first see if you can track down the barrels and fore end. Chances are it is in other estate stuff and it would be well worth the search
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