Looking for family guns...

[Chuck Buttermore IV]

Hi guys; I got my hands on grandfather's records, and I'd love to be able to find and pay to recover his guns.

They were auctioned off I believe in Pittsburgh PA in '89 or '90, and are as follows:

(if other descriptors are necessary, I can excerpt from his doc's; difficult to read however)

Parker B-Grade single barrel (12 Ga. ?) I gather; serno 145832 (this I'm told is not a correct #; it might be the # of one of 2 below, unk #)
B Murphy pointed out serno 145832 is on Frank LeFever's service order for a Parker BHE of Gramp's, so another gun to add to list here...

Parker 12 Ga Vulcan Grade, serno 92723

Parker 16 Ga, serno 235255 GH Grade (?)

Parker 12 Ga, serno 101235 Vulcan Grade

Parker 12 Ga, serno 85523 G Grade "BOHLER BARRELS" (DOUBLE BARREL ? ) Anton Sodia Ferlach Austrian made or modified

Parker Hammer Gun, serno 12252 Damascus Barrels, made 1876 - 78

Parker D Grade serno N139796 "Damascus Steel extra barrels" (?)

Parker 20 Ga, serno 202763 made 1922 - 23

L C Smith 12 Ga Field Grade serno unknown; may be in the company of others?

Fox Sterlingworth 16 Ga no serno; bought new 1933-34, Beavertail Forearm, also perhaps in the same company?

Ansley H Fox serno 27913, 12 OR 16 Ga "Automatic Ejectors, good BARRELS"

Any help, including reference to other boards would be helpful; thanks.

[OH Osthaus]

wow- nice selection

i wish you luck in your quest

[Chuck Buttermore IV]

Thanks OH...

I know very little about shotguns - never owned one (or a .22 in fact). Rifles, sidearms are more my interest.

But 2 stories on CMP Forum Boards last few years, where an individual was re-united with service rifle (both M1 Garands, 50+ years later), have given hope - especially considering low(er) profile nature of that hardware.

I'm guessing Gramp's hardware is of greater 'profile'; even if the owner(s) are not, the likelihood is higher of recovery (or even a pic) of one or more of these pieces.

Yeah - a haystack indeed. But there's 11 needles, and the web makes these BIG needles even bigger

[Bill Murphy]

Your #145,832 shows up on another thread in a Lefever note describing a BHE double barrel Parker, not a single.

[Chuck Buttermore IV]

Did not notice Mr. Murphy; sharp eye. Another gun to add to the list, I suppose...

(and thanks for the heart palpitations too )

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Your #145,832 shows up on another thread in a Lefever note describing a BHE double barrel Parker, not a single.

[Chuck Buttermore IV]

bumping here...

[Dean Romig]

The OP's first post should also be in the Lost & Found thread...

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ght=lost+found





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[Spin Drift]

Checked my collection. Don't have any matches. Hopefully they are out there.

[Robert Brooks]

Your Ah Fox ejector is a 12 gauge.Bobby

[Chuck Buttermore IV]

Bumping again here...

Thanks for your service Spin Drift!