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Unread 01-27-2020, 06:59 PM   #11
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I confess it's mine. 83621, Boston Sportsmen Show gun 1898.

March 19th 1898 Sporting Life
PARKER BROS., MERIDKN, CONN. One of the largest assortment of shot guns was shown by this old and well established firm. They had a sample of all the different grades, from the cheapest hammer and hainmerless to the very finest pigeon gun costing $400. Over 80 guns in all were exhibited here. The light and pretty 16-gaupe, the medium weight and popular 12-gauge, the heavier 10-gauge and the big 8-bore were shown side by side. A special sample exhibited was the new grade pigeon gun with Titanic steel barrels, which possess wonderful strength. These guns list at $100, $150 and $200, and are bound to please any shooter who possesses one. A. W. Du Bray and L. C. Parker were in charge.
I love that dark patina on the action , I wonder how that happens compared to action that are worn back to being almost in the white .
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The gun has many strong points, the engraving is in excellent condition as is the checkering. The wood finish is worn but still 80%. The negative is it has a stress crack in the wrist from just behind the tang down to the trigger guard and part of the way up the opposite side. The stock does show some wiggle. I don't want to de-oil the stock to repair the crack so Brian Dudley is going to put a dowel in the wrist coming up from the grip cap. Griffin and Howe were very nice and refunded some dollars due to the crack which was not revealed in their description. I decided to keep the gun since the good outweighs the bad in my opinion. It's a spectacular gun in my opinion and shows very well in hand. Not sure what the brownish tint is but it appears to be patina and not corrosion. I have been told by experienced Parker collectors that the brownish tint will clean with a solvent like lacquer thinner and it may be a permanent change to the metal surface according to others. I plan to go slow with any attempts to clean with a solvent.
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The gun is WAY better in person than it showed in the photos that G&H took.
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The gun is WAY better in person than it showed in the photos that G&H took.
It is a beauty , how rare are 10 ga AH's ?
Theres a 10 ga PHE thats been on GI forever now it seems for a similar price but at the risk of offending I think the AH looks a bit nicer .
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Craig, we would like a picture from your camera. The G&H shots must have been taken in a cave. Great gun, my kind of gun. I'm getting ready to load some tens soon.
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Craig, we would like a picture from your camera. The G&H shots must have been taken in a cave. Great gun, my kind of gun. I'm getting ready to load some tens soon.
Ive been wondering about 10 ga 2 7/8 loads for waterfowling .
Has anyone here used the RST Bismuth loads or loaded ones similar and how effective are they ?
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RST Bismuth loads produce excellent results.
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I will bring it along to the Southern. The Parker Story says 22 AH 10's damascus and 1 AH steel. I believe most were made early either as CEP guns or show guns, after the AAHE came out AH sales were greatly reduced as were 10's after 1900.
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Jerry Smith had a 10 gauge AH that was very early several years ago. It was beautiful and very tempting but also out of my price range
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