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Unread 07-18-2012, 06:40 PM   #21
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Angel you can have your O grade look like that. I know just the engraver that can do it for you.
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Rich, I could probably buy another low grade Parker for the price of that type of engraving.
By the way, I also thought the step on the side plates was an engraving mirage. If I had another 7000.00 that gun would be mine by now.
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Anyone look up this number in The Parker Story yet? I'm not home, can't do it.
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According to TPS 6966 D6 Underlifter Pistol grip 10 gauge 28" barrels.
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Unread 07-18-2012, 09:00 PM   #25
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The mystery goes on! The TPS and SER Bk have different descriptions of the gun
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Unread 07-18-2012, 10:21 PM   #26
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In this case I think the gun is the deciding factor. It looks like a nice $250 grade to me and I think the books are in error. It would be interesting to see a letter on it.

I do not buy the 1776 - 1876 centennial comments.
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On another thread, Bruce Day states that these are not stepped sideplates. I stand corrected. I sure would like to see a picture of that buttplate. Solid steel or skeleton?
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We're all blind. Several pictures show the sideplates are not stepped.
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6966 is a D6 listed in TPS as a gun for the 1876 show -- see Chapter on Show Guns. The lists of show guns came from special lists that Parker kept, not the stock books or order books (as I recall). Maybe 6966 started life as a lower grade and was recorded as such in the stock book (source of the Serialization data). A study of data in the stock book and order books may help explain. I have never seen a Parker sidelock with such steps.
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I stand corrected. Thanks everyone for the clarification.
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