Finally! Pics of my gun

Bill Hulbert · 11-16-2009, 02:08 PM

I originally posted here several months ago...then my camera went down. Bought a new one.....then life happened. Finally got some shots of the Parker CHE. I got a letter of authentication in June from Mark Conrad.

Ordered June 1, 1904 and shipped to Seattle Hardware Co. Sept. 6 ,1904. It is a CHE hammerless 12 ga.. 30in. Titanic steel barrels w/Lyman sight. Capped pistol grip w/Silvers pad. Original price was $150 + $25 for ejectors, $4 for the Silvers pad and $1 for the Lyman sight.

All of the pieces, barrels, forend, receiver (whatever its called) have matching serial numbers. The stock has been chopped and channeled unfortunately. I apologize for the poor pics but I am one of the 3 or 4 worst photographers in the world.

Double Play · 11-16-2009, 02:50 PM

Mr. Hulbert,
It’s hard to tell too much from the pic's but it looks like a very nice C grade. Did your letter state the LOP and what is the current LOP? If it were me I would remove all that stuff on the back of the stock and put a replacement Silvers pad on. If the LOP were still a little short you could use a slip on pad to make up the difference when your shooting. If you would please post a pic of the floor plate engraving as it can sometimes be unusual on C grades and above.

Bill Hulbert · 11-16-2009, 04:40 PM

Thanks. The LOP is 15" w/ a 3" drop at the heel (whatever all that means?). What is and where can I find the "floor plate". I would be happy to post other pics. I'm a hunter not a gun guy I guess. This gun was purchased new by my great-grandfather, passed on to my grandfather and then on to me.

Angel Cruz Ortiz · 11-16-2009, 04:49 PM

B
The floor plate is the space in front of the trigger guard with the two screws next to each other. It should have some nice engraving there. Welcome and enjoy your Parker.

Bill Hulbert · 11-16-2009, 09:52 PM

A pic of the floor plate

Pittypatdugan · 11-17-2009, 03:35 PM

Please take some more of the floor plate, put you new camera setting on micro and we can see better. Maybe use another light source rather than flash

PDD

Bill Hulbert · 11-17-2009, 03:54 PM

Like I said, I'm not a photographer. Here's another try at it.

Pittypatdugan · 11-17-2009, 04:44 PM

that looks 1000 times better

thanks

PDD

Smoothebore · 11-17-2009, 07:25 PM

If you're are one of the 3 or 4 worst photographers in the world, then I gotta be in the top two!

Dean Romig · 11-18-2009, 06:09 AM

Interesting . . . a grade 4 Parker has five birds on the floorplate - a grade 3 has four birds on the floorplate - but a grade 2 has two birds. For such a rigid engraving motif, e.g., the number of birds for the particular grade you would think there would be some clue as to why - but I don't understand it.