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Unread 06-21-2018, 10:56 PM   #1
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I just picked up a Parker G grade shotgun made in 1890. Typically I bought one that has seen much better days and would be of little or no interest to a true collector but I love to find derelicts and get them back to shooting condition. This is a hammerless gun with Damascus barrels and barrels cut to 25 1/2 inches eliminating all choke. The interesting part is that as i was disassembling it I removed the broken buttplate and found the gun had been signed, in pencil,by what I suppose was a bunch of cowboys. That kind of leads me to think this might have been a ranch gun that they shared. Any other ideas or has anyone else found this kind of thing?
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Neat find for sure.
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Now that's a neat find under a buttplate.
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i see a king and ulrich there
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:Neat, I wonder how many butt plates will be looked at now?......
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Could they be Parker employees?
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No. The one legible date is 2 years after it was made.
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Could they be Parker employees?
Probably not. The gun was built in 1890 and the buttplate is inscribed 1892. Also on the wood I can make out the words Texas and New Mexico. I'm guessing they were putting down where thy were from.
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That is cool. You never know what surprises you find with these guns
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My "under the buttplate find" was on a VH bought from a collector up North. What was found was a South Carolina hunting license from 1909-1910 issued to a 12 year old boy whose address was less than 20 miles from my home. The Parker Letter showed that it had been shipped directly there.

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