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ANOTHER OLD SxS ? W/PIX'S

MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member, Moderator Posts: 9,972 ******
edited June 2011 in Ask the Experts
ANY INFO ON THIS ONE, SEEMS HIGHER QUALITY THAN MOST MARKED "S.H. BARKER & SONS", "LAMINATE STEEL", & "CHOKE BORED" ON BARREL
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    we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Crescent Firearms may have made it. I think SH Barker was a hardware Store and Crescent made alot of hardware store guns. I may be wrong but it may be worth checking.
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    rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lot of the old Belgian made guns would be named similarly to high quality American guns. This was done hopefully to confuse the buyer into thinking they were buying a high quality U.S. made shotgun instead of a Belgian knock-off.

    My WAG is that gun this was named deliberately almost the same as the famous Parker shotguns made in Meriden Conn.

    Both the frame and barrels of this shotgun has Belgian proof marks, although I just see one the "Tower" markings on the receiver. The barrels have all the usual Belgian Proof Marks.
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,958 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    T. Barker shotguns made by Crescent were sold by Sears. I too think this one Belgian.
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    Ned FallNed Fall Member Posts: 662 ✭
    edited November -1
    Belgian made double. That can be confirmed by the Belgian proof marks , letters "ELG" on barrels. Maker unknown at the moment.
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    wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,204 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Black powder charges for those brown damascus barrels. Pre 1899 but not in my book.

    Looks like one for over the fireplace but a nice one.
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    cbyerlycbyerly Member Posts: 689 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is a Belgian knock-off of a Parker.
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