Tom Holcombe Jr.
09-06-2010, 02:39 PM
Hello all, I have been writing ya'll all week tiring to get some help in id my gun well I've done that it is a Parker Brothers, now the question is just how old and who was it made for. Never dreamed that I would own a PB gun and never would have thought that my first one would turn out to be one of the first ones ever made, but that is how it is shaping up.
Here's what I've got can you guys help shed some more light on the subject for me PLEASE. Mine is a SxS 12 gauge (according to the dime trick) black-powder 38 inch Laminated Steel(stamped on sight rib), underneath in chamber area is hand-stamped a 1 & a 4(my guess choke), and @ watermark again hand-stamped with a J & a T. Can still see twists and peppering along ribs mostly that brown and plum patina very little pitting on outside but the inside is a different story, in places heavy build up but clear to bottom. Missing are the nipples and ramrod. Stock has been broke, and repaired(badly,my opinion), but the wood is still just beautiful don't get me wrong this gun has been used checkering is still there just smooth, English grip, butt-plate worn smooth but some of engraving can still be seen, double triggers of course(one seems to still work), guard is engraved. The breech side plates are engraved but not a lot and Parker(not Parker Bros.) is also on plates but no other numbers any where else, that I can see. Missing are the hammers.
This gun is overall 53 and 1/2 inches long and is a little nose heavy but nothing that cannot be adjusted for. I can do pic provided that I can figure out how to post and great sunshine(to capture stamps), if anyone wants.:bigbye:
Here's what I've got can you guys help shed some more light on the subject for me PLEASE. Mine is a SxS 12 gauge (according to the dime trick) black-powder 38 inch Laminated Steel(stamped on sight rib), underneath in chamber area is hand-stamped a 1 & a 4(my guess choke), and @ watermark again hand-stamped with a J & a T. Can still see twists and peppering along ribs mostly that brown and plum patina very little pitting on outside but the inside is a different story, in places heavy build up but clear to bottom. Missing are the nipples and ramrod. Stock has been broke, and repaired(badly,my opinion), but the wood is still just beautiful don't get me wrong this gun has been used checkering is still there just smooth, English grip, butt-plate worn smooth but some of engraving can still be seen, double triggers of course(one seems to still work), guard is engraved. The breech side plates are engraved but not a lot and Parker(not Parker Bros.) is also on plates but no other numbers any where else, that I can see. Missing are the hammers.
This gun is overall 53 and 1/2 inches long and is a little nose heavy but nothing that cannot be adjusted for. I can do pic provided that I can figure out how to post and great sunshine(to capture stamps), if anyone wants.:bigbye: