Family Heirloom - Parker DH?

[Brett Hoop]

Nathan
Nice Parker. HT - thought to be heat treating. J.G - barrel inspector. 4/4 raw barrel weight. The 3 on the frame under serial number - Grade 3 and it has ejectors instead of extractors thus a DHE
34” barrels - desirable long barrels, we get a little giddy over this length of barrels because there weren’t that many of them to begin with and fewer survivors it seems. And they provide a longer sighting plan that may or may not be an advantage particularly at the clay target games some of us like to play. And the they are just cool. Straight gripped guns always draw attention as it seems there were fewer of those originally produced also. Yours has nice looking walnut. The squished pad tells us it’s been there a long time.

Do yourself a favor and join and become a member- it saves money on the letter you should look into obtaining. And the quarterly magazine Parker Pages is very well done and always informative .

Although there are many very knowledgeable ( much much more so than, I) folks here that can tell you some of the details. I would be writing down everything your family can tell you about their history with the gun because that knowledge can be lost so quickly and maybe the most valuable part of any heirloom.

[Nathan Hocking]

Originally Posted by Brett Hoop

Do yourself a favor and join and become a member- it saves money on the letter you should look into obtaining. And the quarterly magazine Parker Pages is very well done and always informative .

I'll look into it. Is there a thread on the forum that talks about the details of membership? What is the letter you are recommending obtaining? Thanks!!

[Harold Pickens]

The hang tags are a great extra to have with your gun. Some even sell the hang tags they find and try to reconnect them with the gun owner. I have the hang tags for my VH 16 1 frame. To have the hang tags from the DHE would really be something

[Brett Hoop]

Originally Posted by Nathan Hocking

I'll look into it. Is there a thread on the forum that talks about the details of membership? What is the letter you are recommending obtaining? Thanks!!

Nathan

Upper left corner of forum page you should see a tab for PGCA Home.
There you can see membership tab and information.

There may be records available on your gun and you can check that on the home page also.

Membership comes with the greatest benefit being the folks you may meet that are fellow members and willing to help with your education on the Parker gun.

PS- I think you’d want to check into the Research Letters section of the Home page. It’s good news.