HOW MANY LEFT?

[J.B. Books]

Ed Muderlak had pondered the same thing several years ago. He did a little bit of research using the guns sold annually as tabulated by Roy Eckrose and some other sources. He covers this in chapter 43, "What are the chances" if his book "Parker Guns, Shooting Flying and the American Experience."

EDM's conclusion; "Expensive high grade Parkers were pampered and preserved, knockabouts were ridden hard and put away wet, suffering disproportionate attrition."

"Parker Brothers and Remington made more than 46 times as many knockabouts (Trojan and V grade) than Parker Story grade (C and up) ; yet knockabouts are less than four times as prevalent as higher grades, according to sales data."

"One way to rationalize this disparity - 31 of 2400 (Parker Story Grade) versus 119 of 112,000 - is to conclude that Trojan and Vulcan survivorship is less than 10% of grades C and above."

I will venture that if survivorship of Trojan and V grade is low, survivorship of composite barrel guns is even lower.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

EDM's conclusion; "Expensive high grade Parkers were pampered and preserved, knockabouts were ridden hard and put away wet, suffering disproportionate attrition."

And we have seen a number of Parkers that break even that rule...

Some AAHE's that have been "rode hard and put away wet" as well as some of the very lowest grades that, for whatever reason, look like they just left Meriden or Illion yesterday. These are certainly in the minority and don't really affect the statistics of surviving Parkers.

[Bruce Day]

[quote=Pete Lester;80820]EDM's conclusion; "Expensive high grade Parkers were pampered and preserved, knockabouts were ridden hard and put away wet, suffering disproportionate attrition."

/quote]

Here's the chopped barrel, chopped stock BHE I had with replacement Belgium barrel. I was able to sell it for the asking price to a fellow in the trade who will restock and rebarrel the gun and do a nice job, probably for resale well above $10,000 .


Then following are a few Trojans.

I have found that $30 guns were treasured and cared for by some people and $200 guns were abused and neglected by others.