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Reply #735 - Aug 28th, 2025 at 5:53pm
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Yes, he's out there somewhere......
  
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Reply #736 - Aug 28th, 2025 at 7:00pm
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Hmmm That is interesting.  I am sure he worked on a couple of my rifles but he never marked them.
  
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Reply #737 - Aug 28th, 2025 at 8:59pm
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I am a bit hesitant to ask but is that for real???



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Reply #738 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 3:30am
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Of course its real. Have you never heard of the Parkenfarker dynasty of gunsmiths? A sample with the Parkenfarker stamp is rather rare.

Below are samples of Parkenfarker work. And a Parkenfarker target.


  
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Reply #739 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 7:30am
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Did Harlow nickel plate the wing nuts on his palm rest or was that just hardware cad plating he was using? I think I once saw a rare, early one that was finished in lifetime-rust.
  
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Reply #740 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 9:58am
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Cadmium. Cadmium plated... Cutting edge...
  
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Reply #741 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 12:13pm
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Oh yes I have heard of it and have seen a few examples over the years. Just have never seen a barrel marked as such. Don't you just love that threading job???




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Reply #742 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 4:50pm
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The experienced Parkenfarker gunsmith hath mastered the subtle art of metal displacement with the ball peen hammer. As you can see in the picture below, the clever Parkenfarker craftsman has used said metal displacement method to tighten a barrel up in the receiver.
  
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Reply #743 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 5:36pm
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That will all get hidden when Jack gets it engraved.
  
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Reply #744 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 5:47pm
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The worst part was despite the fact that I dropped the rifle and new RKS barrel off at the smith’s shop and picked it up
As well and had some emails discussing the delays, he denied ever seeing the Ballard. Wes thinks he may have farmed the job out.
  
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Reply #745 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 5:50pm
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westerner wrote on Aug 29th, 2025 at 4:50pm:
The experienced Parkenfarker gunsmith hath mastered the subtle art of metal displacement with the ball peen hammer. As you can see in the picture below, the clever Parkenfarker craftsman has used said metal displacement method to tighten a barrel up in the receiver.


Well now I've got another method to adjust headspace! I might beat it all around so it matches all around!
  
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Reply #746 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 6:10pm
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Yes, that was the method employed in this case. Ingenious!
  
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Reply #747 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 6:14pm
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bpjack wrote on Aug 29th, 2025 at 5:47pm:
The worst part was despite the fact that I dropped the rifle and new RKS barrel off at the smith’s shop and picked it up
As well and had some emails discussing the delays, he denied ever seeing the Ballard. Wes thinks he may have farmed the job out. 


To a relative possibly. A nephew? Billy Bob Parkenfarker?
  
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Reply #748 - Aug 29th, 2025 at 7:01pm
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westerner wrote on Aug 29th, 2025 at 6:10pm:
Yes, that was the method employed in this case. Ingenious!


Maybe even a small chisel to make it look like an engraving pattern at the end! Or a center punch to make little dots all around!! The possibilities are endless!
Now just need my letter stamps to forge Parkenfarker's stamp!
  
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Reply #749 - Aug 30th, 2025 at 12:55pm
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westerner wrote on Aug 29th, 2025 at 6:10pm:
Yes, that was the method employed in this case. Ingenious!

I once saw a high wall that had strands of 4 ought steel wool to make up for sloppy undersized threads.
  
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