Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1872 — The Parker Gun. [ARTICLE]

The Parker Gun.

F rom Pomeroy■s-IXwcrar; July- 22; 1871. With all the ingenuity .that has been displayed froifc time to time in the invention and perfection of firearms, there hasnl ways been one great desiderat ion unaccomplished. It would almost appear from repeatoil failures of the past, that it was one of the impossibilities to produce a firearm which would combine, the excellencies of every other invention of this charne ter r .with freedom from possi bll ity^ofhuc ‘ dent. Yet such a result has been at length achieved in the Parker doUbJediarrelled-shotgun.-Tlns,,gun has an advantage over other kiiuls in having a projection above the barrels as a “tell tale” if the catch fails to.s-nut, and in fact all the objectionable features found in breeeli loading gunshave been obviated by later improvements-in this. Metallic cartridge shells are used with these guns, which can be reloaded any number of times. It is perfectly simple mid durable, and is easily manipulated. .'