Makes me cry!!

[Bill Murphy]

Heading for the SB. Can Terry let us know where his figures come from?

[Terry Smith]

Lots of various sources, but all serial numbers have been verified by the PGCA Research Chairman.

[Dean Romig]

I don't know if we're all on the same page here.

The subject gun is a Top Action Titanic Steel barreled gun with a barrel length of 32 inches, apparently one of only two known to have been made in that particular configuration and is one of only possibly 6 Grade 5 Top Action Titanic Steel barreled known to have been made.





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[Bill Murphy]

I think that Dean has the same question that I do. Terry is a more than good friend and I trust his research, if I know what it is.

[Terry Smith]

I have verified that there are at least 8 Grade 5 Titanic Steel barreled exposed hammer guns.
Six of them have verified 32" barrels, according to the Parker records.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Terry Smith

I have verified that there are at least 8 Grade 5 Titanic Steel barreled exposed hammer guns.
Six of them have verified 32" barrels, according to the Parker records.

Terry, will you be revealing your source for this data in an upcoming Parker Pages article?





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[Jeff Wemmer]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I went to that gunshop in southern NH to look at it. I asked the owner if I could examine it and he couldn't figure why I drove over an hour to look at "that piece of rusted crap." He tole me that he told the woman who brought it in he would be surprised if he could get $300 for it. I assured him it would fetch well over $7,000 and he guffawed at that absurd figure, that he'd been around guns all his life and knew better than to even think it would sell for even close to that much. I took a bunch of 'before' pics. It had stood in a fieldstone cellar of a house on the coast in Swampscott, MA for almost fifty years. That humid salt air spread a rust powder all over it.

Dean,

Any report on the condition of the barrels? Ribs tight, decent bores, walls hollowed-out to "beer can" thick, oops, thinness?

Needs 7-8K worth of resto work (to include a new stock) to make it shootable - Would be a fun vintage clays gun which is why I'm chasing it.

Thanks for any additional info!

JW

[Jeff Wemmer]

And, it's a helluva lot cheaper (and cooler) than a similar configuration in a Purdey!

[Dean Romig]

Jeff, regarding the Fox I examined, it was in near new condition before being exposed to decades of salt air. But it was quite superficial and cleaned off easily without compromising any of the original finish. It still retained over 90% original case color and barrel blue. Perfectly functional in every respect.





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[Jeff Wemmer]

Dean,

I misunderstood...Thought you were referring to the Parker "B" hammer on GB. Guess I'd better spend more time reading than typing...

Does anybody have a barrel condition report on the "Parker"?