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This forum: http://www.parkerguns.org/pages/grades.html I understand you could request modifications or option for graded guns. I was curious why the DH would be considered custom, but not the GH.
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04-02-2019, 07:07 AM | #4 | ||||||
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I think what you are referring to is that the DH was considered the lowest of the high grade guns. The GH was the highest of the low grade guns. The difference between what was considered high grade and low grade generally had to do with the type of walnut, the engraving, the checkering and the barrel steel.
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04-02-2019, 07:35 AM | #5 | ||||||
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I think we know that Parker Brothers would fill a customer's requests to "customize" his gun of about any grade as long as it was in good taste, within reason and for a price.
The factory options that could be applied to a gun (except the Trojan) were many and the grade of the gun didn't matter. .
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04-02-2019, 07:53 AM | #6 | |||||||
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04-02-2019, 08:17 AM | #7 | ||||||
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That statement about the D grade was in reference to “custom shop” type features. Like Drop points and skeleton buttplate. These features, especially the ssbp are labor intensive treatments that were applied to all DH grade guns. None of the other american guns of a similar (grade 3) level offered such features.
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04-02-2019, 08:29 AM | #8 | ||||||
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The line you are asking about is poorly worded (I wrote it -- sorry).
It should read The Grade 3 was introduced in 1875 and was very popular at a cost of $100 (a 100 Dollar grade). The DH is the lowest grade parker to be considered one of their high grade shotguns. |
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04-02-2019, 08:57 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Robin Lewis knows Parkers and with the clarification is fully accurate.
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04-02-2019, 01:29 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Page 280 of TPS: "Parker guns of grade 3 and upward are generally considered to be custom-made, high grade guns." It goes on to discuss the "deluxe" features. It also notes that grade 3 guns were "seldom made for inventory."
Having re-read this, I think the words like "generally" and "seldom" give enough wiggle room to the idea. Obviously one could customize a grade 2 gun as many letters attest.
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