Please high light all markings with chalk or a white grease pencil for enhanced readability. Please post detailed pictures of both sides of the gun, both sides and top and bottom of the receiver area and readable, close-ups of ALL markings including the barrel flats, barrel underside and the frame watertable for maker identification and evaluation. Low pressure smokeless powder shotshells are available from: 32 barrel has good bores with some pitting. BARKER on both locks and BELGIUM LAMINATED STEEL on the barrel rib. Only ammunition that duplicates the pressures of original Black Powder loading considered safe in composite steel/iron barrels in good condition.īlack powder shotshells are available from: Good condition antique Belgian 12 gauge double barrel shotgun that is marked T. The key factor is the chamber and barrel pressures which can and do vary with the loading. Damascus, etc.) barrels is totally incorrect. A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from 18 to 24 in length placed side-by-side. Shotguns with Damascus, Laminated or Twist Steel barrels are not considered safe to use with modern ammunition.Ī blanket statement that 2' or 2 1/2' shells are safe to use in shotguns with composite steel/iron (i.e. WHAT YA SEE IN THE PICTURES IS WHAT YA GET PLEASE LOOK AT PICTURES AS PART OF THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION AND ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE. They were generally imported from Belgium and. Barker was a trade name used on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Arms Company of Norwich, CT, Simonis, Janssen, Dumoulin and Company and Theate Freres both of Liege, Belgium. Shotguns marked T BARKER were sold by various hardware store and catalog stores in c.1880-1910 (or so).

T barker shotgun history