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RARE PARKER AAH GRADE “PIGEON GUN” DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN 83550. Spectacular & rare pigeon gun built in 1896 for the famous Parker Factory trap shooter & company representative S.A. Tucker. Mr. Tucker was one of the preeminent live pigeon shooters in the world in his day and represented the Parker Factory as their chief salesman for many years. He took delivery of this shotgun on June 9, 1896 and returned it August 30, 1902 for a credit. This shotgun was then displayed at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition & World’s Fair. This beautiful shotgun is as it was originally made with 30” Sir Joseph Whitworth Steel bbls choked FULL/FULL with 2-3/4” chambers (opened up by Del Grego), tapered, concave, matted rib, sgl bead, doll’s head rib extension, extractor and gold plated dbl triggers. It is made without a safety for the live pigeon shooter. Mounted with very beautiful, streaky, marblecake, honey & chocolate, circassian walnut with full checkered splinter forearm and checkered & carved, straight hand stock with raised, checkered, fleur-de-lis side panels, 14-1/2” over a solid Old English pad. It does not appear that the stock was altered when the pad was added. Bottom of stock has a gold initial plate engraved “PCH”. Receiver & appended metal are engraved in extremely fine, highest quality, foliate & floral arabesque patterns (rose & scroll) with full coverage, having maker’s name in a bar on each side. Engraver’s signature, “H. Gough”, is found in a semi-circle under the front of the triggerguard, a feature rarely ever found on a Parker shotgun and then only on the very highest grades. Back edges of fences have double raised ribs. Accompanied by a 2-chapter excerpt from the forthcoming book, Parker Guns and the American Experience, Ed Muderlak, which goes into great detail regarding the concept to production of the “AA” pigeon gun which was produced from 1894 and sold for $400.00, an astronomical sum in the 1890’s. There were approximately 200 “pigeon guns” made from 1894 thru 1919, although sporadic production continued until 1940. Also accompanying is a 5-page article regarding this very same “pigeon gun”, also by Mr. Muderlak, which appeared in the Double Gun Journal, Winter 1999, including several color photographs of this shotgun. This article further expands the information regarding the “AAH” pigeon guns, stating that there was a total of an estimated 320 of them produced. Additionally accompanying are reproduced copies of the Parker production records for this shotgun. Bore diameter: left – .739, right – .740. Bore restrictions: left – .043, right – .041. Wall thickness: left – .032, right – .022. Drop at heel: 1-3/4”, drop at comb: 1-3/8”. Weight: 7 lbs. 12.48 oz. CONDITION: Very fine, as completely & professionally restored by Larry Del Grego who also extended the chambers to their present 2-3/4”. Bbls retain a beautiful, strong, rust blue finish with no discernible flaws. Receiver retains virtually all of the Del Grego case hardening colors and the triggerguard all of its restored blue. Wood is sound with a very few, very minor storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains about all of its beautiful restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with some minor roughness just in front of chambers. 4-30790 JR487 (27,500-42,500)
Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007
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