Common Parker

[Bruce Day]

Here is a very common type of Parker, they made about 18,000 of them and I think they were the gun that did the most to make the Parker gun famous. Its a 2 frame, 30" damascus barreled GH, this one has ejectors and weighs 7 1/2 lbs. They shoot well and I have used this one for late season pheasant as well as ducks and geese with heavier loads. They are great shooting and handling guns and are available with a little searching.

Its in an A&F vc case. I'm not sure the gun has ever been apart, I have only cleaned it, had Dale Edmonds redo the dark barrels and cleaned up the finish and rubbed a new topcoat in. Its a Canadian gun, sold new in Vancouver and spent most of its life on the eastern slope.

If a person wants a nice Parker, I sure wouldn't pass up a nice GH.

[Bruce Day]

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[Ed Blake]

Bruce, that sure has nice wood. I have it's twin in a 1 1/2 frame and the wood on it is very good. I'd say "sound as the dollar", but a Parker is the better store of value it seems nowadays.

[Bruce Day]

Ed, let's see your G. There are a lot of them, many have very nice black walnut and even a few with European walnut. These guns are wonderful, not very costly, nice wood and enough engraving to make it interesting. Then you get those great and interesting damascus barrels.....I see Purdeys is now making guns with damascus barrels. A nice G sells for a fraction of the cost of a Purdey.

[Ed Blake]

I'll take some and post them when I get home. It's a great dove gun. A prior owner stuck a Pachmeyer Old English pad on it, but I can live with it.

[Lon E. Morris]

Bruce,
Interesting! Reminds me of a gun I shot ducks with last winter.

I hope the Trojan shoots Hevi Shot Classic Doubles like this GH, because it is deadly. I pounded them at 40 yards on the pond. Lon

[Dave Tercek]

Ed, Bruce, I recently purchased a G grade "triplet" to yours with a #1 frame.
It's great little gun weighing in at 7lbs. even.I'll post some pics this evening.
Dave

[Bruce Day]

Great. Let's see more G pictures. They are such nice guns, well made. Even as a low end Parker they were head and shoulders above most of the competition, and still are in both vintage and new guns.

[Derrick Stewart]

Bruce,

That is one sweet gun and a fairly nice stick of wood too. In my limited knowledge it seems to me that the older guns (cira 1890's) had some exceptionally well figured stocks, better than the latter years in general. I know from time to time you will see a later GH with a very nice stick of wood too. I had to recenty had to sell my #1 frame cira 1890 GH Damascus gun (but hopefully i'll get it back one of these days). It had the 11 ga bores that were somewhat common back then. My #1 frame weighed in excess of 7-1/2 lbs if my memory serves me correct.

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Bruce, Trying to figure out how to post photos on this new site. Have interesting Ghe 32" with monte carlo from factory, steel brls. Thanks Gary

[Chuck Bishop]

Here are pictures of my GH 12 ga, 2 frame 30" barrels. What I like about this gun is that the engraving seems to be cut deeper which really makes it stand out. I question whether the action has ever been taken apart.

[Dave Tercek]

I tried to post some photos this evening.I couldn't make it work.I think my files are to large.I can't figure out how to shrink them.They work on gunbroker and other sights.
Any Tips?
Dave

[Chuck Bishop]

Dave,

In the reply box, find the paper clip icon at the top. Click on it and it will bring up a new window. If the pictures are on your hard drive, click on the first browse box, find your picture and click on it. It will insert into "File Name" at the bottom, then click "Open" The file will then be in the top fill in box. Do this for each picture you want shown, then click on "Upload". The file will automatically be resized for you.

[Dave Tercek]

I tried that about 5 times yesterday.Everything seemed to work ,but after about 5 mins. of uploading an error message came up.I'll try again when I have some time.
Thanks dave

[Ed Blake]

I keep getting upload errors also. What am I doing wrong?

[Bruce Day]

While the new software is supposed to resize all photos to an acceptable size, it doesn't, and gives an error message. I still have to resize the photos by emailing it to myself, saving the photo from sent emails, then posting the resized saved one.

[Dean Romig]

What a PITA . . .

Hey John, can ya fix it?? :knowbetter:

[Jay Gardner]

Chuck,

That is as nice a G as I ahve ever seen. The screws look untouched so I doubt anyone has been in there. As for the endgraving, I suspect the reason it looks so deep is because it shows very little wear. It is a beautiful gun, that's for sure.

[Dave Tercek]

I found this little Parker at a gun show near Pittsburg a few months ago. It was being sold by the grandson of the original owner. The gun actually looks better in hand than on the photos.It weighs in at 7 lbs. with 30" barrels on a #1 frame.
Dave

[E Robert Fabian]

Nice find Dave, tell us a little more about gun can't read letter. Looks to be in high condition. Is the case period to gun? Bob

[Dave Tercek]

Bob, I resized the photos.They are larger now,but not as clear as I would like.I guess I need to take more time when taking them.
The gun is in great condition.It is as tight as any I've held. W S Brown was a large sporting goods store in 1890.I don't know if the case and cleaning equiptment were bought at that store, with the gun or not. Everything is original and correct according to the letter. I think I should shoot it soon.
Dave

[Bruce Day]

Dave, a fine gun with interesting barrels. I have seen that damascus pattern before, so its one of the varients, and a nice one. Looks to be a keeper.

[Dean Romig]

Dave, can you post a sharper image of thar Damascus pattern?
Thanks, Dean

[Dave Tercek]

Dean,
A few pics of the barrels.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Dave. From a distance it looks unusual but with these closer shots I don't see anything especially different in that Damascus pattern. Very nice original finish.

Dean

[Lon E. Morris]

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I thought I would try out the picture posting and will use my GH as the guinna pig. She is definitly a "working girl" and not a "closet queen"! 12 gauge shipped May 12, 1899 to A.G. Spaulding and Bros. in Chicago. 28" Damascus, half grip, with a Silvers Pad. RH choke 225 #7 in a 30 inch circle at 40 yards LH 250 #7 30" At 40 yards. LOP 131/2, DOH 21/4 and weighs 6 pounds 10 ounces. $80 bucks plus $3 for the Silvers Pad. She is on a number 1 frame. I bought her a couple of years ago off of the internet, with the old pad and loose on the face. I sent her to Brileys and had a 11/2" period pad (imitation Silvers from CSMC) installed, so she is now 14"LOP, and locks up like a vault. Shoots really nice patterns, and is a joy to carry. Lon.

[Ed Bowen]

HI DAVE, I RECENTLY BOUGHT THE GH 12 POSTED HERE AT THIS YEARS VINTAGERS, USED IT IN MICHIGAN ON GROUSE AND WOODCOCK, AND HERE AT HOME (BEDFORD COUNTY PA) ON THE SAME. BEEN USING 2 1/2 INCH RST SPREADER LOADS IN THE GUN SO FAR 10 WOODCOCK 3 GROUSE THE GUN FITS LIKE A GLOVE HANDLES LIKE A WAND, I LOVE IT.

[Dave Tercek]

Ed, I tried to send you a private message,I don't think it worked. It is a great gun.I'm glad to hear your using it. I may have a little info on it. I'm not far from you,Johnstown actually. Call or email me.
Dave
814 525 1478
dtercek@atlanticb.net

[Ross Berck]

Here is my GH 55333 one of the first hammerless guns.

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[Ross Berck]

One more

[Dean Romig]

Ross, a very nice example of an early hammerless grade 2. The engraving motif is carried over from the grade 2 hammer guns, without the oval vignette on the sides of the frame to contain the 'game scene' (virtually always a pair of birds on each side) - it wasn't but a couple of years until the oval vignette was introduced on the grade 2 hammerless.