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I've had this gun sitting in the safe for a few years. When it came to me, it had been cold-blued, and the wood was spray painted with some sort of finish, that never really dried. I gave the man 200 bucks for it, and brought it home. I completely dismantled it, and stripped all of the finish off.
Here's what I got. Wondering what the next step should be. I'm thinking refinish the bbls, and let it go at that. The gun is actually in pretty good shape, good bores, all matching numbers, etc. 0 frame, 28" bbls, DHBP. It retains it's original chokes, and crushes doves like a ball-peen hammer.
It is, at this point, just a shooter, so I'm not worried about value, but I don't want to put a lot of money in it. I would love to have the bbls refinished, if that's not too pricey. Oh, and serial number is 72105
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Todd: I'm sure others will chime in but I would love to own that gun. Very nice. Thomas

If you want to double your money let me know...!

if we are going to start bidding - i'll go triple :rotf: :rotf:

if it were mine - I would have the barrels redone

Enjoy your good fortune - and don't waste any money on lottery tickets - you have used up your luck for a while.

You have a potentially very valuable gun!! David

Send it to Brad Bachelder and don't look back....I just got back my grade 2 12ga that he did a full refinish....it looks so close to new again....I just like looking at it. Brad did a wonderfull job on that 1884 shotgun...(-: Now Im a real Parker collector/shooter guy! That old gun brought down a crow with a 7 1/2 target load at 45-50yards the very first shot I ever fired with it! The crow got past me and was fleeting fast...I hit the rear trigger down it came......I like that old gun!

gun looks fine as is...you did a nice job on the wood...no need to do any thing else cosmetic to it... have it checked by a smith and then if found safe, get some low pressure loads from rst or polywad and take it to the skeet range...have noticed, 7 1/2's seem to work best in these old guns, at least for me.

and, 16 gauge parker hammer guns rarely come to market...should you decide to sell it, contact me via private message for appraisal...meantime, enjoy this fine old gun!

Thanks Ed, and Kenny. I sent a PM off this morning re: refinishing the bbls. I think a proper finish on the bbls. will really set off the beauty of this gun, and cannot possibly hurt the value.
I have already put a couple of boxes of RSTs thru it, and am still alive.
BTW, years ago, back in the early days of the PGCA, I wrote an article on this gun, and how I ended up with it. I will see if I can dig that up.
It all started at a pigeon shoot, . . .

Kenny, Post up some pictures please

What a generous offer.... :shock: