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Unread 02-17-2020, 11:54 AM   #1
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Default Lifter with interesting features

Looking for information that the educated would be willing to share on this gun. Posting for a friend.
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Very interesting. Is that sn 259? This is right up Gary Carmichael's alley and hopefully he will chime in
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That is an excellent example of an extremely early front-action lifter with an extremely rare trigger guard. There is an example of that trigger guard on a Parker in the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, WY. I have a picture of it somewhere in my archives.
Someone also posted a picture of one here on the forum a couple of years ago.

I love that gun. What gauge? What barrel length?




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I like the detail on the dog juxtaposed with the otherwise simple engraving
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Great info. Thanks so much. Yes that is the serial number.
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Dean,
30” barrels. I had the barrels for a couple months. Owner believed it to be a 10g. I measured the bore diameter at .770.
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It's a dollar-quality Parker and it appears to be a forerunner to the grade 3 in that it has 4 pins in the lock plate, drop points and scalloped bolsters as well as the early grade 3 style of forend checkering.

it appears to have been engraved by Jacob Glahn judging by a few distinctions usually attributed to him....like the happy running spaniels he did on so many Parkers.

However the engraver may have been William Avery working under Glahn as my next post may support.





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More happy running spaniels on another graded Parker No. 47528 .


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Dean notes the D grade features. I also noticed the border engraving on the side plates which is typical of later C grades. Hard to pigeon hole these early Parkers. I sure wish the records were available for this one
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That trigger guard is a throw back to the old English sporting muzzle loaders. Very interesting.
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