Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums Parker Hammer Guns

Notices

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
31 Inch Mystery
Unread 09-27-2021, 10:59 AM   #1
Member
Mills
PGCA Lifetime Member
Since 3rd Grade
 
Mills Morrison's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,302
Thanks: 14,183
Thanked 12,306 Times in 4,411 Posts

Default 31 Inch Mystery

Some of you may recall I acquired a C top action 10 gauge last year that is the only C 10 top action with original 31 inch barrels. The bad news is the order book for this Parker is missing so we do not know who ordered this gun. At 10 pounds 7 ounces, it is just under the 11 pound limit for trap guns. I feel sure it must have been a special order, but by who? Maybe some of our trap historians might know. It is a 33,xxx sn.

Thanks for any leads
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 2020-09-11 18.23.41.jpg (510.0 KB, 9 views)
File Type: jpg 2020-09-11 18.23.58.jpg (501.2 KB, 10 views)
__________________
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. Gene Hill
Mills Morrison is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 09-27-2021, 04:31 PM   #2
Member
mobirdhunter
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Garry L Gordon's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 4,649
Thanks: 13,084
Thanked 9,469 Times in 3,042 Posts

Default

I love the fence motif on that gun. I have a number three 10 gauge hammer gun with pheasants in front of a fence.

Good luck with your search.
__________________
“Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about.”
― Jim Harrison
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
Garry L Gordon is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Garry L Gordon For Your Post:
Unread 10-02-2021, 11:02 AM   #3
Member
Bill Murphy
PGCA Lifetime
Member Since
Second Grade

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,522
Thanks: 6,118
Thanked 8,781 Times in 4,717 Posts

Default

Fred Kimble had a 33" top action ten, Grade 5. I can't find my serial number list of Kimble guns. Is your gun a #4 frame? Kimble was a shooter for Parker at one time, as I recall. My 33" top action C grade was also made for a Parker company shooter. Too bad about the missing order book.
Bill Murphy is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 10-03-2021, 12:28 AM   #4
Member
Mills
PGCA Lifetime Member
Since 3rd Grade
 
Mills Morrison's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,302
Thanks: 14,183
Thanked 12,306 Times in 4,411 Posts

Default

It is a 4 frame. If it is a Kimble gun then I will be duty bound to offer it to John Davis
__________________
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. Gene Hill
Mills Morrison is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 10-03-2021, 09:13 AM   #5
Member
Bill Murphy
PGCA Lifetime
Member Since
Second Grade

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,522
Thanks: 6,118
Thanked 8,781 Times in 4,717 Posts

Default

John has the Kimble list. As I recall, his 33" gun was in the 4x,xxx range. Mine is in the late 40s.
Bill Murphy is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 10-03-2021, 10:45 AM   #6
Member
Mills
PGCA Lifetime Member
Since 3rd Grade
 
Mills Morrison's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,302
Thanks: 14,183
Thanked 12,306 Times in 4,411 Posts

Default

Short of finding the Order Book, the only hope is finding a reference to a trap shooter who ordered a C with 31 inch barrels
__________________
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. Gene Hill
Mills Morrison is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Mills Morrison For Your Post:
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:52 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.