Dads Parker 10 Gauge
 

Ok here it is, My brother Dean could use any and all help with this. He talks to me or anyone who will listen to him for hours about it, and yes those are soldered on sights for deer hunting.

Thanks Matt

are you sure this is a 10 ga....the barrels look to have 8.2 lbs stamped on the barrels..if it is a 10 ga it has real heavy barrels on it for sure...it must be a 10 ga i looked up the serial number on 8 ga and there is no8 ga made with this serial number...i did not see the sights for deer hunting could you give us some more pictures of the main frame and stock area...some of these other fellas will pitch in soon...we like to talk parkers here too...charlie

more pictures to follow
 

Hey Charlie,

I should be able to get more pictures after deer season in November when I see Dads gun again. I'll take pictures of the sights also they are really crude and odd. If we get the gun redone we will most certaintly have it restored to original. It is really dirty condition as it has lots of cigarette tar on it. Dean says it has a #3 frame and believes it could be a grade 1. It does have Twist barrels even though dad has told us since we were kids that it had Damascus. Imagine his suprise when Dean told him about his Parker for two hours last week. Any and all help Dean can pass onto Dad in his old age about his gun really makes a very old man happy. thanks for any information Parker fans!

Matt

My 10 gauge (s/n 38598, ca. 1885) is almost identical to yours, and the table I'm using indicates yours was made later that same year. Mine's built on a #3 frame and the 32" barrels are stamped 5-14 (5 lbs, 14 oz). She's a big ol' gun, but they made them a lot bigger. What are all the extra numbers stamped on your frame underlug, as shown in this pic? I remember mine only having the 3, which indicates frame size.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1445299208

By the way, you and Dean may get sick of talking Parkers if you hang around us very long! :rotf:

32 inch Barrels
 

Hey john,

Ours is also a 32 inch Barrel and yes it weighs a lot!

If I can get Dean to talk to all of you about Parkers then maybe he will no longer call me and talk to me for two hours straight. I have him watching this forum and I am sure he will start to pipe in when his wife lets him. We were gone all weekend Grouse hunting so he has to spend time with the family.

Dean can help you with numbers and any questions you may have. I thank all of you for all of the help with our gun. Dad is well into his 80's and like I said earlier Dean talked to him for two hours about his gun.

matt

It looks more like the barrel weight stamps are 5 lb. 12 0z.





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I was beginning to wonder if that "8" wasn't perhaps an over stamped or otherwise damaged "5" because 512 would put the barrels right about where they should be for a 3-frame gun, right? Eight pound barrels would make my gun pretty much useless as a shooter.

I blew up the Barrel picture and looked closer. it says 5 with a little 12 almost stamped right on top of the bigger 5. I am guessing that means 5 lbs 12 oz.
There is this marking near the 5 12 , (T) and a capital J and a 3 on the markings. There are also 2 other markings that I can't make out yet. but when I get better pictures in November I'll put them on for you guys to see. Is there any other markings that you guys need to see to help ID the gun and give it its rightful explanation?

I notice yours seems to have quite a bit more figure in the wood than mine, along with the dog's head buttplate, whereas my gun has the solid steel version. The dealer I bought mine from referred to it as a "Grade 0" (Zero) and even though it has some simple engraving on it, was supposedly Parker's cheapest grade at the time. He said the different grades were numbered back then, prior to when they began lettering them as DH, CHE, AH, and so forth. I haven't even started to research this and it's by far the oldest Parker I own, so maybe someone more knowledgeable will weigh in with some info. I'm wondering if the wood and buttplate may identify yours as a higher grade?

Yup, looks like a Grade 1. The Serialization Book lists the gun as a 32" 10 gauge with Twist Steel barrels, which it seems to be. Nice heavy gun, worth cleaning up when you get ready. We hope the bores are clean and shiny because everything else looks original and safe.