3 frame

charlie cleveland · 07-30-2014, 09:50 PM

yesterday i finally got the ph grade 3 frame parker serial no 176464. it has 32 inch barrels andweighs 10 lb even.. chokes are light full and modified... the barrels are marked 5 lbs 10 ounce pretty hefty for a 12 ga barrel..the barrels are twist steel but someone has blued them. the gun has not been shot much still some case colors around the firing pins and the frame flats...it shoots really well it put 5 shot in the can my record is 7... at 70 steps a dr pepper can 10 ounce... shes not a collectors gun but she looks pretty good with her makeup on... whats some of the weights of the barrels and weight of your 3 frame guns fellas...charlie

Eldon Goddard · 07-31-2014, 12:37 AM

Charlie my first parker was my 3 frame 12. When I bought it I knew so little about parkers I just assumed that all guns this old weighed this much and had 34'' barrels. My barrels weigh 5lbs 6 oz gun 9.5. I did know that a Parker was very high quality and rare on this side of the country. I have since learned that a 3 frame 12 gauge VHE with 34'' is hard to come by.

J.B. Books · 07-31-2014, 05:57 AM

Charlie I have a 3 frame 12ga VH with 32" bbls, barrels are stamped an even 5 pounds. The gun weighs 9 lbs even.

Bill Murphy · 07-31-2014, 09:03 AM

Charlie, a friend has a #3 frame 12 gauge gun that was ordered at ten pounds. I don't know what it actually weighs. Yours is about as heavy as they come. It also seems to be one of the last 12 gauge twist steel guns made by Parker Brothers. My #3 frame 12 and my #3 frame 16 are not nearly as heavy as yours.

MarketHunter · 07-31-2014, 12:25 PM

Eldon I missed a gun just like yours from a Chicago dealer years ago. I still regret it.....

DLH

Eldon Goddard · 08-02-2014, 12:51 AM

Yep she's a keeper.

Brush Buster · 08-02-2014, 09:47 AM

Hello Charlie , I have a recently purchased ,1889, DH 10 Ga., 32" Barrels The Barrels are stamped 5.8 She was sent back to The Brothers P in 1895 to tighten action ,clean and " reblue" barrels ,and then again in 1913 to be fit with a set of 12 Ga., Damascus Barrels ,30 " in length and they weigh 5. 8 Oz. ! The interesting part are the instructions , the 10 Ga. ,Must shoot 4 close ,and it patterned 80 pellets ina 24" circle at 45 Yards ,and then the 12 Ga. instructions were Shoot Close 7 1/2 ! The gun weighed 9 Lb. Even with both sets of barrels !

charlie cleveland · 08-02-2014, 10:20 PM

the 3 frame 12 really shoots well..for the moment its my go to gun but i guess any new gun to a fella is his favorite for the moment...i was really surprized at how well i can hit moveing targets with this gun no problem to take out a water melon pecking crow at 50 yards with it as of today...charlie