Grade 2 valuation?

[B. Dudley]

Buttstock surely looks like a replacement. Checkering pattern is not correct either on the wrist. And it looks like it lacks borders. But hard to tell. And the hammers are mismatched. The right one looks correct, left one is a bit odd for a Parker.
It looks like the gun has attractive engraving, which is not always seen on grade 2 guns. And it appears to have a good amount of color remaining.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

. . . And the hammers are mismatched. The right one looks correct, left one is a bit odd for a Parker.

Other than the left hammer lacking the engraving, what is "odd for a Parker" about it? It appears to be a mirror image of the right hammer save for the engraving.

[Pa SxS]

I believe the left hammer is a Parker hammer but from an earlier gun or the gun may have lost that hammer and the owner had Parker send him another one. If you have the Parker Story or some other book that shows hammer guns built in different years, you can see how the shape of the hammers evolved. The earlier hammers had a more open internal curve where the later hammers had a more compact curve. The more compact curved hammer had a longer distance from the thumb to the striker to make up for the more compact curve.

JMHO!

[Wild Skies]

Thanks to all that responded.

The owner of this Parker had visions of upgrading his retirement years from living in a trailer court in Wisconsin to the warm and sunny beaches of Kona with its sale. I hope he's not overly disappointed.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

Other than the left hammer lacking the engraving, what is "odd for a Parker" about it? It appears to be a mirror image of the right hammer save for the engraving.

Odd in that it is significantly thinner in the other side and what is more often seen.