1926 production hammer V Grade

[Bill Murphy]

Yup, start with the serial number.

[MrBojangles]

Okay I will see if I can't get it later today and maybe some photographs as well.

Let's start with a generalized question which could rule in or rule out originality. What is the latest possible date a Parker might have been fitted with Damascus barrels? Second question: When was the last Parker with hammers produced?

If this is truly 1926 production and either of the above preceded this, then it raises a question as to originality.

[Double Play]

I have a BHE 16 with Damascus barrels that was made in 1925 so 1926 does not seem unlikely.

[B. Dudley]

Instead, How about... Lets start with serial and pics. All can be verified from that. Instead of speculating.

[Hammer Gun]

I agree, serial number at least,

[Ed Blake]

I remember at the Vintagers at least 10 years ago when it was at Pintail Point, a guy was shopping around a Parker hammergun with Vulcan barrels that had been fit to it. It was a nice job. Wish I’d bought it. Austin had a gun like that, a cobbled together shooter. I disremember who got that gun after he passed.

[B. Dudley]

That is the Editors gun I believe.

[Dean Romig]

Yes, the Editors’ Gun is currently in my possession but will soon be sent on to Mike and Susan Koneski. It is indeed a good shooter but is far from “cobbled together”.
Before it was Austin’s it belonged to Robin Lewis. When Robin acquired the gun it already had the Vulcan Steel barrels. The barrels are a very good fit and the job was done properly by changing the entire lug.

The gun had become Austin’s everyday shooter and he literally shot it every time he shot trap, SC, Skeet and other shotgun games and it has begun to ‘loosen’ a bit. It’s not off face but there is a bit of play with the forend off.

Several other alterations and improvements have been done to it as well.
I will write a short article on it so that everything will be documented for posterity and so that everybody can read about it.





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[Setter Man]

I don't have photographs, but believed to be unfired, if not 100%, condition, 99% and then some. 12 ga Damascus values.

Fair valuation, not retail, but if for sale from a friend, fair for both of us?

There were no hammer grade V-Grades. You are asking for help valuing a gun that based on your description doesn’t exist.

[MrBojangles]

What's the lowest grade hammer Parker produced?

In the meantime, the owner is in search of the firearm and it should hopefully turn up over the weekend or so. Kind of difficult to negotiate the purchase of a missing object.