ANOTHER OLD SxS ? W/PIX'S

May 31, 2011 16:17

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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6 comments

we_dig_it

May 31, 2011 18:44
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-snow

May 31, 2011 19:22
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 Dog

May 31, 2011 20:43
T. Barker shotguns made by Crescent were sold by Sears. I too think this one Belgian.
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Ned Fall

May 31, 2011 20:48
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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wpage

June 01, 2011 01:11
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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cbyerly

June 01, 2011 03:49
It is a Belgian knock-off of a Parker.
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