Very Cool Parker History

[mike corley]

I received an email from Chuck in regards to my letter for a recently acquired Parker. He said my letter was on the way and recommended a call to Griffin & Howe for further details. Thanks so much for the advice Chuck!
Well I got off the phone with Bob Beach just a little while ago and he had some pretty cool info. My gun was originally purchased in 1927 by one Mrs. Vincent Astor! Her husband being the son of John Jacob Astor IV who was lost on the Titanic. Her name was Helen Dinsmore Huntington. They were married for 26 years.
She had the gun for 6 months and took it back to Von Lengerke & Detmold. After that it was purchased again from a Mr. Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen in 1929. I didn't know the name before today but apparently he was very well known in the NJ area. After finding out this info this one may have to stick around a little while

[Parkerman]

That sounds like a keeper. Congratulations!

[Harold Pickens]

Mike, did I miss an earlier post? What grade parker did you acquire, and of course we would all love to see pictures.

[mike corley]

It was a 28 ga VHE 00 frame that I was going to sell but have decided to hold on to for a little while

[Harold Pickens]

WOW!!!

[mike corley]

I haven't taken good pictures yet. I had originally purchased this gun to resale and broke some forum rules by obtaining information here for that,my fault. So I really don't know if I am now allowed to post pics or not. I'm not looking for any info,just sharing a cool gun with history

[mike corley]

I have these.You can tell its a solid 40% but probably no better.

[Pa SxS]

Mike, luck was with you. That gun looks well used but factory original as long as the barrels are the correct length. My advice is leave it as is, don't do anything to it other than keep the bores clean and oiled and wipe down the metal with an oily rag.

Can you take pictures of the inside of the case? Is their an inscription on the case lid?

[mike corley]

Barrels are 26" full and correct. Case is inscribed R.Mc.D. Don't know how far the line this owner was but case looks original and somewhere down the line someone engraved it.

[charlie cleveland]

mighty nice....charlie