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Unread 12-09-2019, 05:49 PM   #1
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Hi. I bought this Parker Brothers 8ga Lifter. I know NOTHING about it other than what I found on the internet (specifically this site). I was hoping for some general information including price. I believe it to be in its original form. The barrel is pitted and it looks like most of the finish is worn. The hammers and trigger work except for the back trigger doesn't reset easily. You have to help it back to position. I'm sure it is just a bad spring or dirty. This is what I have figured out so far:

Serial #7519 = 1876
Gauge 8
Frame #3
Weight 5-10? Written like 5 to the 10th power
Order # 7824
Grade 2 = GH?
30" Damascus


Any thing else you could tell me would be super helpful. I would like to sell this shotgun so any info including value or a good place to sell it would be appreciated. Thanks a lot!
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Unread 12-09-2019, 06:18 PM   #2
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Referring to the serialization book, by Price & Fjestad, the configuration matches on all but one point. The gauge listed in the book is 10. It is commonly acknowledged there are typos in the book.

How did you determine the gauge? I know I do not have a tool for that or example 8 gauge to refer to.

I will defer to others about value. I see this calling for at least some expenditures to make up for the care it missed getting over the years.

As for where to bring it to market, dues paying members here get to offer things for sale to the people we know are already most interested in what you have.
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I measured the chamber at 21.5mm which I thought corrosponded to 8ga. I could definitely be wrong about that.

Thanks for the info about dues paying members can sell. That is a definite possibility for me, especially since the cost is so reasonable.
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It's a 10 ga, don't know of an 8 ga built on a 3 frame bores are very rough
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Bores are like sewer pipes with caked on rust and crud. But you never know, they may clean up to be okay to shoot.





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For a 3 frame, it would be a 10g. And the book lists it as a 10g.

Left hammer is not original. Right is.

Being damascus barrels, it would likely be equal to a grade 2. Though it lacks some features of typical grade 2 guns. But, it is an early gun.
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Third pic upper barrel next to the barrel flat looks like a crack in the barrel. Barrels look like toast to me. May make a parts gun.
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The 3-10 is the wt of the barrels in lbs. and ozs. before fitting to the gun.
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Too bad it’s not an 8 gauge. It would be worth trying to bring back. Unless you have a lot of experience in Parker Gun restorations you would be better off spending $40 to become a member. Then you could list it in the For Sale forum where hopefully you could get some or all your money back. If the barrels are toast you got a parts gun only. If the barrels can be saved she could be brought back although her value would not be equal to the cost of the restoration.
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21.5mm or 0.845" is the chamber diameter of a 10 gauge. 23.2156mm or 0.914" is the chamber diameter of an 8 gauge.
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