10 ga.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Honing out most of the pitting and still have a minimum wall thickness of somewhere above .035 considering the remaining pits. If all the pitting disappears, .030 should be fairly safe. You also must consider the pitting on the outside. Sorry we left you alone on the thread, but Milton's mention of Kevin's $15,000 gun left us unable to type. The price didn't surprise us, but Milton's mention did.

Seeing as this thread goes back to 2011 , when I first discovered Parkers I was 18 and now and almost a decade later I can say it wasnt a passing phase and I still love these old guns . For me it doesn't get much better than seeing a long barreled 10 gauge .

[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by Tony Mandile

Mike,

Now...I can't imagine getting this gun in condition to be a shooter. So to what end is "salvageable" in regards to the barrels??

The only thing which would make the barrels useless is if the wall thickness has been degraded to a point deemed unsafe to shoot. Just about everything else could be replaced or repaired. However, lower grade guns like yours usually end up costing more than the gun would ever be worth.

[Mike McKinney]

Tony, what you will eventually do with your relatives gun is a decision you will make. My experience would say that most collectors whether pure collectors or shooters typically don’t collect guns only for rarity if they are not in good shape or cannot be restored in a financially rewarding way. You might because of the sentimentality. Guns are bought and sold everyday for more than most will pay, but selling like that can be exasperating, I’ve heard. Generally folks on this forum collectively, won’t steer you wrong.

[6pt-Sika]

If I were to be of a notion to make an offer on that gun or one like with similar distinctions in present condition going by the pictures my offer would be in the three digit area . But if I offered and acquired you can bet your backside I’d get it so I could shoot it and would shoot it but maybe not a lot . Now with all that being said with the present state of the possible change in power in this country that gun and many more the rest of us posses may become completely worthless in financial terms if they do what I believe they have a mind to .

[Tony Mandile]

But that .30 is if it were supposedly restored to shooting condition, no?? If this is truly one of only 12 made, I can't imagine someone wanting to shoot it again.

[Jay Oliver]

Posting these recent pictures helps with the evaluation. This looks like a major restoration that may or not be possible no matter how much money you put into it. You might be disappointed with the price/offers. I would keep it given the family connection.

Even if someone doesn't shoot it...it needs to be in shootable condition to have any real collector value. Just my opinion and I wish you luck on it...

[B. Dudley]

Man that gun was rusted! That is the deepest pitting on a frame that I have ever seen.

Sure, rare in barrel length, but that is where the fun stops.

Ask Harold Pickens here about his experience with another very rare long barreled hammer gun...

[Richard Flanders]

Reminds me of the "chicken coop gun"....

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

Reminds me of the "chicken coop gun"....

Yes indeed Richard!

No wait - We're thinking of the "Oregon B Lifter" not the Chicken Coop Gun...


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[Researcher]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

Reminds me of the "chicken coop gun"....

The first D.M. Lefever double I ever held in my hands, back in the spring of 1968, was leaning against the wall inside an old chicken coop at a college buddy's Grandmother's place near Fisher's Mill, Oregon. It was rusted solid.