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wjeffords3
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 04:51 pm |
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Subject: Parker Bros 20 gauge #201785
When was the gun manufactured?
Where should I get an appraisal for insurance purposes?
Where should I take it for restoration (light rust around triggers and guard)? Ideally close to mid Florida or NE Pennsylvania.
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Cooper Smith
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 05:10 pm |
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Serialization Book notes your Parker as:
1 - V Grade
2 - Manufactured in 1923
3 - 26" Barrels - I assume top rib is marked Vulcan Steel
4 - Capped Pistol Grip Butt Stock
5 - Two Options were ordered (not yet identified)
There is every indication that a Research Letter from the Parker Factory Records will have additional information. Cost to a PGCA Member is $40 or $60 to non-member. Perhaps a letter (if not pictures) will help identify what the two Optional Extras in the original order are.
No one can give you a clue as to value without at least seeing some decent quality pictures of fit & finish, configuration, markings on receiver, barrel rib, water table, etc.
Better yet, perhaps there is a PGCA member living close to you for a hands-on examination.
Many here have their favorite gunsmiths who know Parker guns, so I'll leave that issue to others to address.
Any 20ga. sounds nice. All here would like to see yours.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 05:33 pm |
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 05:37 pm |
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| Cooper, The 2 in the options box represents ejectors.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 05:39 pm |
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I wouldn't restore that gun any more than wiping it with an oily rag. Or a rag with Hoppes if you really want to be aggressive.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 06:10 pm |
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Thanks Larry. Now I know how to read that chart! I also agree with Dave...wouldn't do a restoration, just give it a bath, shoot and enjoy.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 06:16 pm |
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| Dave's advice is sound. That gun has probably more value as it is than it would if refinished. It still has quite a lot of what appears to be original case color or redone colors from long ago. Interesting that it has been used so little that the colors remain strong on the forend iron and tip.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 06:31 pm |
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| 1963/4 was the last time my father-in-law took it into the field. My brother-in law just gave it to me. I can barely wait until next fall when upland game season opens in PA. Fourty four years without any action. I guess that helps explain its condition.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 08:06 pm |
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| Beautiful little Parker. I agree - don't do anything more than wipe it down. There is A LOT of case color left on that little gem. You are very lucky to have such a beautiful little gun.
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Weathered corn, an apple left unnoticed on the tree, the crunch of frosted stubble underfoot, wood smoke in the evening - these things remind me of the wild, fall days of boyhood...the best of those days were the Saturday's, afield with my dad.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 10:26 pm |
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Wjeffords:
Wow! Whattabeauty! I have it's twin that was my mothers. When I got it in 1973, it had sat in a gun cabinet unused for at least 30yrs... that's definitely not been the case since then. I don't think I've seen one with that much color left. And I agree; just give it a bath with Hoppes, then wipe it down with Ballistol and put it away in a safe dry place.... but only until next hunting season. You can usually use a Qtip and a round toothpick to get any rust from around the base of the triggers and in the little triangular space in the back of the trigger guard.
You should give the moderator your first name so he can change your login usename and be sure to stick around our forum so you can post pictures of your hunting ventures with that little sweetheart.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15th, 2009 10:36 pm |
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| Thank you. I did. And I will.
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Posted: Fri Jan 16th, 2009 12:13 am |
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| Guys--Something is not right with this gun. (Although it is a wonderful shooter, no doubt.) The foreend checkering pattern is mixed--the 2 diamond V grade on the outside, but the "reveal" around the forend iron is for a G rade or higher I believe. That, and the forend iron case color is too high to go with the receiver and buttstock pictured--the wear and condition just don't match. My bet is that the forend was replaced at some time. Like I said, a wonderful shooter. Might be interesting to take the forend iron off and see if the serial number is stamped on the wood. Can't remember if they did that on the forends or not. JMHO.
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Posted: Fri Jan 16th, 2009 12:54 am |
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Good eye Mike. I missed that 
Just for comparison, take a look at the forend checkering and case color of gunbroker.com # 120800887
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Mike Poindexter
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Posted: Fri Jan 16th, 2009 01:33 am |
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| Dean: If that gunbroker gun is indeed a DelGrego restoration, then I wouild bet the forend on this gun was done by them also, probably quite a while ago. The case colors and the checkering are a pretty good match.
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