Amazing GH Restorers

[Sam Hershfield]

I just got my 123 year old "fish tail" lever GH 12 back from 2 of the most professional craftsmen I've found over the years. When I bought it earlier this year, the Damascus barrels were BLUED, a stock split at the head had been fixed rather crudely and the checkering was worn and there were two dings in the left barrel. But the engraving was sharp, the wood was high grade and I felt it was worth refinishing. With the help of fellow PCGA members on this forum I found the guys to do it. Clint Meier of CGM took the action apart, sonic cleaned it, cleaned up the dinged receiver screws, epoxied the stock and pinned it almost invisibly, totally recheckered everything and put a spectacular lustrous finish on the stock and fore end that looks factory new. Buck Hamlin brought the 30" full choke 2 1/2 chambered barrels back to their amazing Damascus glory. I would highly recommend these two master gunsmiths for any Parker work.

[Jay Gardner]

What a beautiful stick of wood!

[John Campbell]

A very well done refreshment. And may God bless you for not "restoring" the colour case!

[Steve Havener]

Buck, Clint and Dale Edmonds are my go to guys weather it is a Parker, Lefever or Fox. All three are then nicest guy you could ever meet.

[Mark Garrett]

Looks like they both did a fantastic job . Beautiful gun ! Buck has done a few guns for me , Repair and Restoration and his work has always been top notch.

[Chuck Bishop]

Clint's a good guy!

[Mills Morrison]

Very well done

[charlie cleveland]

looks to be as new them fellows are good.. ole buck likes them lc smiths

[Don Zahringer]

I was told that Parker Damascus barrel were black not brown is this not true

[Chuck Bishop]

Black and white.

[Don Zahringer]

Where the Parkers made in the 1890 with Damascus barrels brown and not
black and white

[Jay Gardner]

I have owned three D-grades from the 1890's and all were B&W. Honestly, I don't believe Parker ever used a brown finish.

[Brian Dudley]

They were all B&W originally. They can wear to a brownish color over time.

The undersides of barrels under the forend can tell a lot about what original finishes looked like. This area is usually protected from wear.

[Dean Romig]

I don't believe we have any evidence, printed or written by Parker Bros. in any of their catalogs or publications, that states all barrels were finished black and white. There are however countless entries in the stock books calling for barrels to be "rebrowned" and while we know this was the term used at the time to indicate "refinish" I suspect some barrels may have been finished in other than "black and white". I had a hammer gun with Laminated Steel barrels in 99+% original condition and the barrels are more "plum" in color.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Yep Dean, the letter on my DHE 16 with fluid steel barrels from 1905 states it was returned for cleaning and to have the barrels "rebrowned".

[Dean Romig]

Harold, can you determine if they were finished in black and white?

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Dean, my DHE has fluid steel barrels and thus was blued--the factory letter states that in 1910 the gun was returned to Parker and was "rebrowned", but obviously was reblued, as we would call it today.

[Rick Losey]

a DH- rebrowned according to the letter - 100 years later worn to a faint brown except under the forend - still black and white there


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[Steve Huffman]

Just a thought , could the term rebrowned be another term for re-rusting the barrels since its all a form of rust and rust is brown. Just sounds better.

[Patrick Hanna]

Yes, very well done. Restraint and beauty, all in one fabulous package. They did nice work in my opinion. And you are one lucky person!