10 Gauge Parker

[Rod N. Gunn]

Finding a Parker in Oregon is rare in and of itself. If you're still in Oregon, take it over to Keith Kearcher in Bend, he is widely considered an expert on evaluating these types of barrels.

[tom tutwiler]

Believe on a 10 gauge nominal bore diameter is .775.

[Labowner]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

Believe on a 10 gauge nominal bore diameter is .775.

Yes today, I believe others have posted that they have measured factory bores that ranged way above that do to the tooling of the time and no set standard.

[Kirk Allen]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

Believe on a 10 gauge nominal bore diameter is .775.

Bore measures at .774

[Brush Buster]

For what its worth ,here is my two cents worth ,as it has been pointed out on this forum many times ,make sure what you have , by a competent gun smith familiar with Parker shotguns ,list it on Gun Broker ,start at $0.01 and the market will let you know the value very quickly !You can put a reserve and if you get the price that pleases you ,then you sell, if not ,the buyers of such guns will bid to what some one is willing to pay for the gun , I recently sold a nice " used " condition GH grade 12 Ga. with a little bit nicer condition than yours but in 12 Ga. not 10 ,the guys bid it up to around $650.00 and she was gone ,the gentleman that bought the gun e mails me occasionally and is very pleased with the gun and enjoys using it ,and it brought fair market value ! Just , " For What Its Worth "

[tom tutwiler]

I also sold a VH 16 Gauge on Gunbroker a few months ago. I also started it at a penny with all the exposed "warts" if you will listed. It sold for $700 as I recall, which was what I had in the gun, counting adding a new pad and having one barrel dent removed. Thus I made nothing and I lost nothing. What I will say is when I purchased the gun it has some "warts" listed and many other I found not listed. I will continue to troll looking for others that I think are a good deal. However, the days of purchasing guns without knowing what some of the particulars are is gone. Also are the days of buying "As Is" unless it truly is a project gun and I don't care what "As Is" is.

Geez sound like Bill Clinton now with Monica L.

[George Lander]

Kirk: I have removed the SN from my post per your request. I was merely trying to give you the information that you asked for. All the info posted here, especially that from Mr. Day, should be helpful to you in establishing value for your gun. While not extremely rare it is an interesting old waterfowler and could, probably, tell quite a story if it could talk. Part of that story will be in the PGCA letter when you receive it.

As for Mr. Huffman: "Opinions are like a......s, everybody seems to have one."

Just My Humble Opinion, George

[Bill Murphy]

In that serial number range, your gun could have left the factory with bores at approximately .775 or they could be bored at approximately .795 to .800. Anything much over .800 would be considered a gun that had been cleaned up. If your gunsmith does not have a bore micrometer, he is known in the trade as an average gunsmith, not one to work on or evaluate your or my gun.

[Kirk Allen]

Originally Posted by George Lander

Kirk: I have removed the SN from my post per your request. I was merely trying to give you the information that you asked for. All the info posted here, especially that from Mr. Day, should be helpful to you in establishing value for your gun. While not extremely rare it is an interesting old waterfowler and could, probably, tell quite a story if it could talk. Part of that story will be in the PGCA letter when you receive it.

As for Mr. Huffman: "Opinions are like a......s, everybody seems to have one."

Just My Humble Opinion, George

Thanks! I appreciate that. When I get the letter back I will let everyone know where were at.

[Kirk Allen]

Originally Posted by Jent P Mitchell III

Hello Kirk Allen, How did you decide that this PARKER (sn 8360X) side-by-side was a 10 gauge ???? A "G" grade Parker built on a number 3 frame with 6 pound barrel and fore end assembly weight would be a 12 gauge Parker SXS in MOST all cases. If you have a "G" grade Parker built on a number 3 frame, as the posted pictures depict, and it is a 10 gauge Parker SXS then you do have a "rare" Parker because it is mismarked !!! I am pretty sure that your Parker side-by-side that is depicted in the pictures at the beginning of this thread is a 12 gauge Parker. BUT you said/posted that the bores were .774 inches ???? Where EXACTLY did you take this measurement ??? Please give me a phone call and I will try to help you more firmly identify your Parker. A 12 gauge Parker built on a number 3 frame is usually worth more that any 10 gauge grade 2 gun built on a number 3 frame. 12 gauge Parkers built on number 3 frames were the original BO WHOOPPPS !

Good Shooting To You, Jent Mitchell --- cell ph # 703-855-1110

jentpmitchell@msn.com

Jent, the breech rim measures .856 and the outer rim is .930 and the bore at the out end of the barrel measures .774

Barrel length is 32"
Barrel and forend weight is 5.5 lbs on a UPS scale but it only measures in 1/2lb increments so it may be close to 6lbs and just not enough to trip the 1/2lb increment to the next 1/2lb up. I would assume that a 12 gauge would weigh a little more than the 10 gauge, assuming the OD measurement of the barrels were the same?
Total gun weight is 9.5lbs

Going by the Frame size listed on the Technical info page [URL="http://www.parkerguns.org/"] it reflects a frame #3 as a 10 gauge.

I dont recall the guys name that looked at it in Oregan for me but he did state that this particular Parker was very rare and it was based on that that I went ahead and purchased it.