i have not got a letter on this one dean but the fellow i bought it from got a letter on it...he posted the letter on here it was bought by or for mr robert wood johnson founder of johnson and johnson products...gun not in real good shape but it still shoots ok... charlie

Very interesting, Charlie. I remember when you got that gun and hope it is serving you well

All,

I have a DH 16 gauge Damascus gun on a 20 gauge frame. Now I wondering if I need a research letter on this gun?

I get a Research letter on every Parker I buy that has information available. Make sure you check to see if information is available before sending the request. I often get interesting information

I’ve got a DH Damascus
 

Recently I inherited a 16 gauge DH on the fabled O frame with 28 inch Damascus barrels. The old girl looks at least close to her age but works fine.
Yesterday at the local SC range I went 3 stations before missing a bird the first time I took the gun for a drive. I’m no George Digweed so the gun impressed me.

Now these discussions about how many GH grade Damascus guns lead to my obvious question: how many DH grade Damascus guns?

Many thanks for any answers.

Sounds like a nice one. Got any pics?

16 Gauge DH
 

An 1899 gun and she does look a mite used. But still a good one!

https://flic.kr/p/2hqtkMh

Damascus small bore grade 3, about as nice as it gets. I so much prefer the damascus guns to fluid steel. Thanks for the picture.

Very nice 16 from 1899. Nice indeed.
 

William:

That is VERY nice looking. She looks to have been cherished and carried in the field, with the honest wear that I respect. The crisp small scroll work of that era is marvelous.

One thing that happens for me when I look in on this forum is: I see things I did not even know I wanted, and now wish I had and now I am on the lookout for. This my friend, is an example of that phenomenon.

Congratulations on having a family gun. Any backstory to share about it or who carried it before you inherited (that you feel you can share)?

According to the tables in The Parker Story there were 129 20-gauge Damascus barrel DH-/DHE-Grade guns produced, 69 with 28-inch barrels. Other lengths were 1 24", 1 25", 44 26", 2 27", 3 29", 6 30", 3 31" and 3 32".