16Ga GH 97371

[Fishtail]

Saw this one in a gun shop today...pretty rough shape 16ga GH 0 frame with a straight stock. The Damascus barrels are pretty beat up. Both tubes look like they have had lots and lots of dents raised (poorly) and I'd say they are beyond safe use. The stock is also pretty rough, not a lot of dents but it probably has been cracked and repaired and a chip is gone from under the DHBP which is also cracked. It's also been pinned.

The receiver is not bad but no CC and a fair bit of old rust overlay.

Anyway, they want $600 for it....I'm wondering if it's even worth owning but hey, I have a hard time walking away from just about any sub-$1000 Parker....

[B. Dudley]

If the barrels are no good and the stock is beat, then that is a little much for a parts gun.

[Fishtail]

I know but it sure looks good from 20 feet!

[Joe D.]

Greg, PM sent. Thanks, Joe

[Fishtail]

Here are some pics. The barrels are 28" and you can see how wavy they are. 13.5" LOP.

They also had a clean & cased Repro 20 ga for $4K

[Fishtail]

More pics

[Mills]

Looks like the barrels have been cut too. I don't know, if the barrels were salvageable without too much complications, it would be tempting.

[Fishtail]

I didn't bother looking to see how the matting looked. The barrels are just really hammered. I'd bet you could shoot low pressure loads through them for the next 50 years but they'll always be ugly and wavy. I think if you tried to fix them they'd be so 'worked' by the time you were done something wouldn't be right.

What I see is a serviceable receiver, triggers, forend iron, and trigger guard (good for restoration). But the gun needs new wood, buttplate, and barrels.

[Mills]

It is too bad but you are probably right

[Dean Romig]

Decent 16 g. 0-frame barrels aren't that hard to find. I think that gun might be worth a transplant.