Painted parker lifter

[Carvel Whaley]

My sight unseen, represented as a 12ga, lifter arrived today. I bought it as a parts gun and hoped it might be good enough to save as a shooter. I knew it had been painted but when I got into it what a suprise. On the out side it looked pretty much as advertised, broken stock with the most crude repair I have ever seen, and painted with a spray can, but it gets better. The inside of the action had been filled with "great stuff" expanding foam insulation, as you can imagine, nothing would move. So after 3 hours solvent and a brush it finally came apart. The final kicker, it's a 10ga, not a 12, on a #2 frame. The serial numbers on the action (7136) is different than the barrels (13206). Long story short, I will have someone that knows a lot more about these guns than I, to look at it and see if is a candidate for a shooter. The things people do to these wonderful guns blows my mind. I thought you guys might find this story amusing.
Carvel

[David Noble]

That's a very interesting story. Please post some pictures. The people here are quite knowledgeable and can give you advice on what to look for and who you should show the gun to.

[Rick Losey]

The serial numbers on the action (7136) is different than the barrels (13206).
Carvel


on some the early guns- the order number is on the barrel flat where you expect to see the serial nbr

take a look on the side of the barrel lug for another number

7136 should wear 10 Ga 30 twist barrels

how are the bores?

[Carvel Whaley]

The bores are very rusty, the outside look pretty good once you remove the paint. The trigger plate is broken in half where the triggers come through it. Also the top tang has been ground down so they could put a plate to reinforce the stock.

[Brian Dudley]

Is this the parts gun that recently sold on Gunbroker? If so, that thing was beat!

[edgarspencer]

Oh well, You bought it as a parts gun, so you shouldn't be too disappointed.

[charlie cleveland]

if you are just a little bit inclined you can fix that old parker with not much expense..she wont look pretty but she ll shoot again...i have a old 8 ga that i now shoot that was in worse shape than yours..took me two hours just to get tha shell to fit rite in the barrels...the gun was off face over a quarter of an inch.... if your barrels are deemed worth to shoot and your locks and hammers function..your on your way to shooting this gun again... i vote to try to fix the old gal....charlie

[wayne goerres]

Post some pic's. We would all like to see what you got. We have all bought worst guns than you are describing in the past. Nothing like a challenge.

[Carvel Whaley]

After 3 hours and a gallon of mineral spirits I Finally got the paint and foam off. I am not sure it will ever shoot again, but there are some good parts and its useful as a learning tool.

[todd allen]

Years ago, I found a Civil War era rifle in an antique shop, that had been painted red. I'm guessing it might have been used as a parade rifle, but who knows?
I paid the 250 bucks, took it home, dismantled it, and soaked the parts in lacquer thinner. All the paint loosened up, and was rubbed off, revealing a surprisingly nice Colt manufactured, 1861 Springfield. It is a good shooter, BTW.
There are still a lot of treasures out there, if you're willing to roll up your sleeves, and do the work.

[jim garrett]

I bought a "painted Parker" in hope that it would be a diamond in the rough. It exceeded my greatest hope. It wasn't really a bad paint job as there were no runs in the paint job, but it had been painted black. Once I got the paint removed and the oil out of the stock, the wood turned out to be a very good piece of American walnut. There were some other interesting aspects of the gun that I will mention,as I intend to write an article and submit it to Parker Pages on what I have named the "Boathouse Gun". I will be shooting it in the hammergun challenge at the Southern in April.

[Dean Romig]

We're looking forward to your article and learning more about your "Boathouse Gun".

We know of a "Chicken Coop Gun" and a "Duck Shack Gun" but I don't think we've heard of a boathouse gun before this.

[jim garrett]

Dean, I named it the "boathouse gun" because due to it condition when I received it, it looked like it had been kept in a boathouse from the time it was sold by Parker in 1881 until I received it...it was rough! I still have to do the metal refinishing but I think it will turn out OK. I'll try to find you at the Southern. I've shot for Parker for the last 2 years; however, I may go over to the dark side this year as I have a Smith that I have done some work on that I may want to try. Jim

[Dean Romig]

Jim, I met you at last year's Southern and I'm sure we'll meet up again this year.... you're a hard guy to miss.

[wayne goerres]

Dose anybody out there have an out house gun.

[edgarspencer]

Dose anybody out there have an out house gun.

I'll bet Richard Flanders does.

[wayne goerres]

That's right. I forgot about the ice sickles.

[jim garrett]

I have had a few reloads that made some of my guns sound like "outhouse guns". Does that count?

[Richard B. Hoover]

I have a old wall hanger Parker that came into the family by way of a poker game.

[John Dallas]

About a year ago, I posted pix of an AHE 10 gauge whose one-family history is bit hazy, but there is a hint that it was won in a card game.

I know of a bunch of Au Sable, MI riverfront, (something over 10 miles) which was lost over a period of years. Mr. Kellogg wasn't much of a poker player, apparently.

[wayne goerres]

I wouldn't be disappointed if I won a parker in a poker game. With my luck it would be a Belgium copy with no hammers.