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Very nice Brian: I have had two of these. It is my understanding that the barrels for these guns were made from Civil Way leftover musket barrels by Parker Snow & Co.
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love this thread some mighty neat guns here..what was the last serial no of these guns or close to it...charlie
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The T-Latch guns had a separate serial numbering system as the "Parker Bros" marked guns.
The highest number mentioned in TPS is 299. But Todd's number 480 has that beat by a bit. I do not think TPS provides any estimate as to how many were possibly made in total. They were only really produced for a couple of years, so I would wager that not many more than 500 or so were made. And, the PP Parker found section does not address any T-Latch guns. It is important to remember that there were three separate lines of double guns manufactured with three separate serial number systems. All started at 1 and went up incrementally. 1: Meriden Manufacturing for Chas Parker T-Latch guns. 1866-1869 2: Charles Parker Maker guns. 1868/69 3: Parker Bros. Guns. 1869 and on.
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Somewhere I read or maybe I was told that a T-Latch in the 700 serial range is the highest known, but I have never seen one with a higher serial number than my #480. My other T-Latch was in the 180s. I'm sure one of the PGCA members like Greg Schroeder would know.
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12-15-2013, 04:27 PM
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Congrats Brian. Its like and old Purdey. Fix that baby up!
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Very cool guns
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I have looked for a very long time for a decent Tlatch, had the opportunity to buy one in excellent shape in Louisville a couple years ago, but did not want to come off 5 grand for it wish I had now! How many of us have said that! Oh well next time, Gary
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I understand completely, I sold my first T-Latch at the PGCA event at the Chantilly gun show and figured I'd just go out and buy another one, we'll after 8 years of searching I found my current one at the spring Tulsa show a few years ago, and I won't make that mistake again! My memory from the Louisville show is that you have some really nice hammer guns Gary, so I bet you'll eventually find a nice T-Latch if you are patient.
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