Parker DH 28 ga / 32" Barrels
 

Not mine but I thought it was worth sharing.

https://www.proxibid.com/Guns-Milita...ation/80655522

"Make: Parker Bros.
Model: SXS
Serial # - Firearms: 217444
Caliber: 28 Gauge
Barrel Length: 32"
Low Estimate: 5000
High Estimate: 7000"

"Beautiful Parker Bros DH shotgun in rare 28 Gauge. 1 of 14 DH grade guns in 28 Gauge with 32" bbls. 97-98% finish on Titanic barrels. Bores are clean and shiny. Parker single stage trigger. Automatic ejections. Engraved game scenes on silvered out receiver. Splinter forend is beautifully checkered with smallest pressure dings on left side of forend. Straight hand stock has prominent checkering and lightest wear to right side of stock that has been professionally re-oiled. Exceptional shield inlay on forend and rear of tang. Skeletonized buttstock with prominent checkering remaining. A Parker Bros book correct firearm. 14 3/8" LOP. Drop at Heel 2 1/8". Drop at Comb 1 5/8". Letter from the Parker Gun Collectors Association Inc. has been acquired. "

High estimate of $7000…. Ha. Whoever put that on it new nothing of the market on such a gun.

There's a whole bunch of "know nothing" going on with that auction and the Parkers involved.

Agreed. That 'write-up' could have been written by my town librarian; thoroughly familiar with books, only as to when they come and go.

I’ll be shocked if that one doesn’t hammer at LEAST at $50k❗️





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The following excerpt from the description of the 34" 20 Gauge:
Possibly one of the rarest of al Parkers. After reviewing all possibilities and resources, this researcher has concluded this is the ONLY 34" BBL 20 Gauge in any grade made by Parker Bros, V though 1 special.

Really, I guess the cataloger was unfamiliar with 198466, following from the research letter:
Parker shotgun, serial number 198466, was completed on September l,1922. According to
Parker Bros. Stock Book No. 69, it was a DHE hammerless, 20-gauge with a single trigger. It featured
2 sets of Titanic Steel barrels, 34" and 28". Both sets have 7 518" chambers. Its stock configuration
was a straight grip. According to Parker Bros, Stock Book No. 69, its specifications were: Length of
Pull: 14 l/4", Drop at Comb: I 5/8", Drop at Heel: 2 l/4", Weight: 7 pounds, l5 ounces with the 34"
barrels and 7 pounds 6 ounces with the 28" barrels. The chokes were patterned RH 125 pellets and LH
230 pellets of size 8 shot in a 30" circle at 40 yards.

And then there is 113285 on page 339 of the serialization book.

I made Gunslinger Auctions aware of these errors. Their reply "the descriptions were written by a Gentleman that used to own a high end gun shop in CA", their words not mine. They had little interest in making any corrections :cuss: :banghead:

I have handled a 34” 20 gauge VH just a few years ago. Morris owns it.





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I saw that description and I knew the owner of the other DHE 34" 20 gauge that I am aware of would have a laugh. The only other Gunslinger Parker auction I have filed away in the recesses of my brain was a 32" AHE 20 that sold for somewhere in the neighborhood of $80k give or take. That particular gun was well used but a very rare A grade 20 with long barrels.

This should be interesting, :corn:

I hope all involved have much experince writing big checks because I believe it will take a BIG check or one with high numbers:)

Stanley you and I have a history chasing long barreled guns at auction and it ain't a good one :cuss: Let's be positive, we're due, right ?? :corn: