I have a similar gun, a 20 ga single-shot. My father purchased it from the hardware store in Owensville, Indiana in the late 1920's. With it he killed hundreds of rabbits and squirrels many of which helped feed family and neighbors during the depression. It went back in it's cardboard box when he enlisted in 1938 and stayed there until he returned home in 1945. I doubt it saw much use until he started taking me hunting in the late 60's. To my knowledge it was the only gun he owned.
The gun still has about 20% of the original case color and I have the original box it came in. Springfield probably made tens of thousands of them between the wars and like Destry said, they are worth something "to sons like us." No doubt, Parkers will come and go from my safe but my dad's gun will be the last gun I part with. It was good enough for him and it ought to be good enough for me, but no I have to keep buying these damned Parkers.
JDG
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