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Unread 05-13-2019, 09:20 PM   #1
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Hi All -

I have a Parker 12 gauge shotgun but I cannot find the serial number or any significant markings on how to tell what I exactly have. Any helped would be greatly appreciated. Please see the pictures for detail. Thanks!
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news but it is not a Parker bros shotgun from Meriden.
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What you have is a foreign Parker “knock-off”. The one hammer is from a Parker Bros. Shotgun though.
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Right Brian, the left hammer appears to be from a Parker Bros. shotgun.






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belgium proofs and not of better quality - the hammer from a Parker Brothers may be the most valuable part
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Thank you all for the help. Any way to tell the age of this shotgun?
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i think i see a star over a letter on the picture of the underside of the barrels-

if so that inspectors mark started in 1877
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For good reason "Parker" was a very popular Belgian knock-off name on guns intended for the U.S. market, as was your gun with "Laminated Steel", which is Twist.
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possibly made by Arnold Lochet

Does yours have this Parkerish buttplate?



Inspector's marks can not be used to date a Belgian gun; they were re-used and the significance of many has been lost. The best we can do is likely pre-1893. Odd that is only carries Provisional Proof and not the final Banc D'Epreuves de Liege mark.

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Inspector's marks can not be used to date a Belgian gun; they were re-used and the significance of many has been lost. T
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the letters were reused - but it was my impression (which could be wrong) from many proof mark listings, that the star replaced a crown as a top mark for the letter in 1877
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1853-1877 inspector's marks were crowned rather than spangled.
The mark shown appears to have a star, and the bore mm (18.2) without the muzzle constriction was used 1878 - 1897, usually with NON POUR BALLE if choke > .2 mm = about .008".
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