Pete:
There's a 53 on GB currently with apparently bobbed barrels.
The birds on the Meridens look like those on GH Parkers. Did the Parker engravers moonlight?
Norm thanks. Yes the 16ga is a 53 and it has lost 4" of barrel over the years. Nice catch by the way.
You got it on the engravers. Gough was contracting with anyone he could. When the Aubrey operation started up in 1905, Gough was living in Meriden. Also AJ Aubrey's brother, William, was an engraver. So I am sure William Aubrey knew Gough. William was the only Aubrey brother who did not work for Sears in this operation. He was busy with other concerns.
Pete
