&250 Grade st Amoskeag Auction
 

The $250 Gade lifter at Amoskeag looked, at first glance to be intriguing to say the least. After a lengthy conversation with their most reputable gun man, I was very disheartened. First off, the posted serial number was wrong. Listed as 4556, it was 4558 making it a 12 gauge not a 10. Secondly, the butt stock was recheckered and more finely than the fore end. Then the WORST PART. the barrels were completely honed to an unusable thickness, right barrel measured barely 10 thousands and the left barrel barely 15 thousands and still remnants of pitting and dent removal. The gun was built on a 2 frame with 32" barrels and barely made 8 pounds. What a damn crying shame. I
I thought it necessary to pass on this info to anyone here who would not have the opportunity to see this gun in hand or call and ask relevant questions as the barrels are useless for shooting purposes. Either briley tubes or sleeping to make a very expensive shooter or leave it alone and have a super expensive wall hanger. Boy am I disappointed. Thanks for listening. Jim

Of course, not every collector buys such a gun as a shooter...

And not every buyer of such a gun acquires It as a wall-hanger. Some of us buy such a gun as a wonderful addition to a collection of the American gunmaker's art, and displays it as such. Nonetheless, it is a beautiful example of an early Parker Bros. high grade lifter, no matter how you slice it.





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Not that I'm taking anything away from the intrinsic beauty and high quality of a piece of American shooting history but pointing out the devaluation of such a piece buy careless workmanship. A price point has been deflated by honing fine Damascus barrel so thin rendering them unshootable. Real shame.

Beautiful gun!
If someone needed to shoot that gun, I would think Briley's could install barrel liners.
(It's easy for me to spend other people's money)

I'm pretty good at that as well:) Teague chokes while not inexpensive would be an option IF it could be bought cheap enough. If the price point was right it could be made into a useable gun with additional investment. It's a shame whats been done to this but go out and find another one.

I didn't see it mentioned in the listing; does anyone know the frame size?

1 1/8" between firing pins center to center. Size not stamped on lug. 2 frame according to PB charts in TPS and serialization books

Teague chokes solve the problem of thin barrels feet before the chokes? WTF?

He probably meant Teague tube inserts.... which I don't believe Teague is doing anymore.






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I have always thought Teague chokes ran the length of the barrel.
Dean I was thinking along the lines of an insert much like a Briley tube. I think Teague was recently sold to Wesley Richards.