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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
I would like some opinions as to the originality of two of my Parker shotguns. Both are VH 12 gauge guns and I checked their serial numbers in the serialization book and they match the listed configurations. I purchased Gun #1 over a decade ago when I retired from my first career and was collecting examples of American made shotguns. At the time the only thing I knew about Parkers is what I read about them in Michael McIntosh's book Best Guns. I purchased Gun #2 a couple of years ago and I believe it is a restoration of some sort as the case colors are different than # 1 , the extractor looks to be replaced, etc. It could be that both guns are restorations, I don't have enough experience to be sure. I took photos with and without the flash in an effort to show the case colors clearly. Thanks in advance for any opinions as the determination of originality will be directing a future Parker purchase.
Gun # 1
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Gun #1 appears to have been cosmetically restored.
Compare your colors with the original case colors on the gun I posted in the "Finally" thread.
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but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
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Gun #2 has been color case hardened using the cyanide process but I won't say it has been redone. Are there any Remington date codes on the left barrel flat next to the lug?
I may have just seen the answer to my own question - it has a Remington Parker buttplate.
Leading me to believe it may have gone to Ilion for refurbishment. It isn't a Remington era Parker but it looks like it may have spent some time in their shop.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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I just have one more follow up question, I thought Gun # 2 was colored using the cyanide method as Dean mentioned. Any idea what method was used to recolor Gun #1?
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