identification question

[colemindt]

I have just got my 1st Parker shotgun whitch is a 10 hammer . i dont see any stamp above the serial number on the watertable( like what was shown on thewatertable under the id section on this site. the serial number dates it to be a 1881 gun it has the ecjector, any help in identifing or valuing the gun i would much apperciate. thank you. i may also have some other ? pertaining to a 12 GA withing the next couple week i have recently purchased

[Dean Romig]

If you can post some clear pictures it would help to identify the grade and condition of your Parker.

[colemindt]

i can try to figure out how to post pics i am not computer smart

[Robin Lewis]

What is the serial number, that may help?

[colemindt]

207XX and i havent figured out pics yet.

[John Dallas]

A complete serial number is necessary for people to research your gun.

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[Robin Lewis]

If you fill in the "xx" part of the serial number we might look it up in the "Parker Gun Identification & Serialization" book. Without a full serial number, we can't do much.

From a very quick scan, the good news is that the 207xx number range looks like its fully listed, so information, especially grade, should be in there.

[colemindt]

20724

[Robin Lewis]

10 gauge, grade 0 under lifter with 32 inch plain twist barrels and a straight grip stock.

[colemindt]

just done a new post right above this one for pics but only one would upload for whatever reason is beyond me

[colemindt]

thank you for that info. i havent found the button for the thanks yet but thank you for your help

[colemindt]

any ideas on a value for a VHE in a 10g the blue book of guns dont show 10g and for ejectors it stated add25-50 % which is a large range

[Robin Lewis]

It is not likely that your gun has ejectors. Go to the www.parkerguns,org page and then follow the FAQ link and read "What are the differences between Parkers with extractors and ejectors?" (http://parkerguns.org/forums/../pages/faq/ExtractorsEjectors.htm)(or just click on this link to go to that FAQ).

There is more good information in the FAQ section that may be of interest to you.

Also, you do not have a VH(E), you have a grade 0 lifter. The 'H' in VHE stands for hammerless, the 'E' stands for ejectors. The 'V' is a hammerless type of gun.

Go to www.parkerguns.org and follow the "Parker Grades" link and look at the grade 0 guns. There are underlifter, top lever and hammerless.

I hope this helps.