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Unread 08-22-2011, 04:03 PM   #1
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I have a Parker doubel barrel manufactured in 1891. On the top of the frame just behind the barrels are stamped J.G. The J just behind the left barrel and the G just behind the right barrel. Can someone please tell me what they represent? It is a P Grade. Thank you
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Hi Dave,
Please supply the serial number and someone will
supply you with basic indformation on your Parker.
The letter stamps you describe are not familiar to us.
Perhaps they are a previous owner's initials.
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Hi Dave,
Please supply the serial number and someone will
supply you with basic indformation on your Parker.
The letter stamps you describe are not familiar to us.
Perhaps they are a previous owner's initials.
Dean, thank you for getting back to me. The serial number is 64220
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Dave,
Your gun is listed as a 0 grade hammerless 12 gage with 30" plain twist barrels and a capped pistol grip stock made in 1890.
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Your gun is listed as a 0 grade hammerless 12 gage with 30" plain twist barrels and a capped pistol grip stock made in 1890.
Thank you Larry for getting back to me. I agree with the 0 grade. It does have the vented rib and the serial number in every place I have looked said the #64220 was manufactured in 1891. It has wear but no abuse and has not been refinshed. I had it at Cabela's yesterday and after about a hour of inspection by Dan in there gun library he said that it was worth around $3000.00 because of the condition of it. Does that sound about right.

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Please post pics if you can. It would have to be in pretty darn good condition for an 0 grade (P) to be worth that much.

I agree that the letters on the receiver are most liley the owners initials. Most likely added by the owner. Are they punched? Or engraved?
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An O grade gun would be a Vulcan grade gun in the hammerless model. A P grade gun is a grade 1 gun and the twist steel barrels would be an indicator of a grade 1 gun also. You say the gun has a vent rib. In 1890 Parker Bros. did not offer a vent rib gun so the rib must have been added later either by the factory or some other outfit such as Moneymaker or possibly Simmons. Although I am not sure if Simmons did vent ribs on double guns.Good quality picture would be a great first step in solving this mistery.
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An O grade gun would be a Vulcan grade gun in the hammerless model. A P grade gun is a grade 1 gun and the twist steel barrels would be an indicator of a grade 1 gun also.
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I don't have my serialization book at home here but when I looked up that number today the code was PT which corresponded to a O grade with Plain Twist barrels. Did Parker make Vulcan barrels in 1890?
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Larry, I just looked the gun up in the book and it is listed as PT. I think this is in error as the lowest grade gun advertised with composite barrel would be a P grade/Grade 1 gun. Vulcan barrels were advertised in 1899 but we know they were put on grade O grade guns as early as 1898.

I have 68805 it's listed as a PT 12 gauge with 30" barrels also. There is a P stamped on the watertable.

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