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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..
Well the letter came today and it has great detail but it is not a lost relic from a famous individual. The gun was ordered by F.S. McClure who was the manager of the Robert Ward & Co, (Imperial Cannery) in Vancouver BC. Robert Ward & Co was a turn of the century fish cannery in the Vancouver area owned by British interests. Nothing to exciting on Mr. McClure but everything looks 100% original. Couple nice details in the letter:
Silvers rubber butt
Two Lyman sights
2 3/4" chamber
Good stock measurement detail
4 blade Damascus noted.
Still looking for some 28" Damascus barrels
Best regards.
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Here's the letter on 87712. Note the date of Dec 24 1897....just the next month (and the day before Christmas).
It's also interesting how Parker did a lot of repair work for free for the original owner but it seems like by the time the second owner sent it in they had had enough and charged him!
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Did you ever find barrels for it Brian? Fantastic first step!
I have a set of D3 and Brad B has something put aside for me as well. This particular gun was specific in the letter having 4 blade.
I forgot to mention if you look on the original picture there was a heck of a splinter out of the tang and it had a HUGE sling swivel stud big enough to chain your dog to. Chris did a bang up job on the splinter and delicately inlaid a diamond in the wood using the checkering lines to hide it for the stud .......whoa buddy it is real nice work!
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