What would you like to add to your Parker collection in 18??

[Craig Larter]

What would you like to add to your Parker collection in 2018?? I know most times if your looking to fill a slot in your gun collection it never comes along. I'm still in the hunt for a nice green pine cone catalog and original #3 frame 12ga's in P,G and V grade. 2017 was a good year I sold a GHE 16ga, 12ga CHE Bernard and a 12ga D hammer gun, I bought a NH #6 frame 10ga and a project DH with a Monte Carlo stock. What about you??

[CraigThompson]

First a GH 16 Damascus 26" or 28" on an 0 frame ( a VH in the same configuration with fluid steel would be ok as well) . Secondly a VH or VHE 28 gauge preferably 26 or 28 inch barrels . And lastly an EH or NH 26" or 28" hopefully with rather open chokes ����. We do all the factory repair work in the USA for Fausti and I realize they're not Parkers but I've had it in my head for about five years I'd like one of the Fausti O/U double rifles in 444 Marlin .

[Dean Romig]

High condition small bore Parkers. Especially hammer guns. But I would rather not buy any more unfired Parkers - just very high original condition.





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[Dave Noreen]

I'd like to add a late Remington era gun, preferably a Skeet Gun.

[Kirk Potter]

Something smaller than a 12 gauge.. A 16 gauge 0 frame, PH or GH choked for upland hunting.

[Rick Losey]

what I am looking forward to :rolleyes:

that mythical "been in one family since new 10 gauge" for which, one of my favorite antique dealers, says he has said he has a deal going on- for the last month :banghead:

saw him yesterday - he told me the owner was in this week - still didn't bring it in :crying:

other than that -- a 16 gauge hammer gun, that hole may be filled -i'll know soon

[Reggie Bishop]

I am always looking for 28 gauge guns and also want s 32" 20.

[scott kittredge]

got it in 2017, my long 8 year wait, a 32 in 20 ga VHE choked FULL and IMP MOD will try it on the trap field new years day, worked good on crow
scott

[Daryl Corona]

I've got, at last count, 8 20ga. Parkers from 26"-32", damascus and steel, 4 16ga. from 26"-32", damascus and steel and 2 28ga. I'm not saying I would'nt jump on another if the right smallbore Parker came along but right now I'm focusing on smallbore (20ga) Foxes.

[bob weeman]

10 gauge lighter than 8 lbs....preferably straight grip with not much drop in the stock....choked IC and Full....

[Linn Matthews]

Check Steve Barnett's website for 28 gauge.

[Bill Murphy]

A-1 Special, enough said.

[Ed Blake]

It’s one thing to want it, it’s quite another to get out the checkbook.

[Jay Oliver]

I had a very good 2017 as far as adding to my Parker collection is concerned. I am going to "try" and focus on one or two special guns for 2018. These could include:

A 16 gauge, maybe a PH and/or grade 0 or 1 hammer gun
An 8 gauge hammer gun, lifter or top action
A grade 3 lifter in 12 or 10
And of course there is always that random Parker that I don't know I am looking for until I see it

Looking forward to seeing how I make out :)

[Russ Jackson]

Well ,it would be fun to find that Proverbial Needle in a Hay Stack but this is it , in 2017 I found a set of 12 Gauge ,Twist Steel Barrels with the Trojan Rib Extension , very good condition ,the thing is they are off of a Trojan Grade ,1 Frame gun ! I know this sounds impossible, but I would really like to add the rest of the gun to my collection in 2018 , Serial# 173981 ! If you happen to have it ,give me a call !

[CraigThompson]

what I am looking forward to :rolleyes:

that mythical "been in one family since new 10 gauge" for which, one of my favorite antique dealers, says he has said he has a deal going on- for the last month :banghead:

saw him yesterday - he told me the owner was in this week - still didn't bring it in :crying:

other than that -- a 16 gauge hammer gun, that hole may be filled -i'll know soon

So is this ghost 10 a hammerless ?

[Kenny Graft]

I have been looking for years for the right DH or DHE-16 Gun must have its SSBP and modern dimensions of 14 1/4 1 3/8 2 1/2 I shoot 1 1/4 by 2 1/4 best but that would be a tall order! About 6lbs-4oz but well under 7lbs. I do not want a 12 weight gun with 16 holes! 28" barrels with some choke or 30" Mod/x-full for out west. Thanks all...SXS Ohio

[Dean Romig]

Kenny, you have that Repro with the 16 ga. barrels that should fill that bill.





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[Rick Losey]

So is this ghost 10 a hammerless ?

supposedly

[Rich Anderson]

I did some trading last year for a Lefever 16ga Optimus, a Purdey light game gun and an AE Fox 20 with 30 inch tubes.

2018 will bring a wonderful CHE 16 with 80% case color and 30 inch barrels on a #1 frame. I'm not really looking for anything and there is nothing I really want or need:shock:

[Jay Gardner]

Hummm... A 16g DH, preferentially a 0-frame, with Damascus barrels, straight stock and SSBP. What I am really looking for is more time to shoot the guns I have and chase my setters around northern Michigan.

[charlie cleveland]

my dream gun for 2018 would be a parker hammerless 8 gauge with 40 inch barrels my secound gun would be a 10 ga 3 1/2 inch chambers with 36 inch steel barrels.... charlie

[George Davis]

2 Parkers:
1. 16g GH/GHE, 1892-1895 manufacture date, 0-frame, with 30 inch Damascus barrels, would prefer a quality original but a project gun would be work.
2. 10 gauge GH/GHE, 1892-1895 manufacture date, 3-frame, with 30 or 32 inch Damascus barrels, would prefer a quality original but a project gun would be work.

[Kenny Graft]

Kenny, you have that Repro with the 16 ga. barrels that should fill that bill.





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Dean...you are correct! I do have a trio of them but I would like a Parker Brothers gun that is about 98 years old or so. The setter that is engraved on them early guns is just perfect! I love my setters! See listing 100963517 on guns Intl. Take a look at the setter...WOW SXS Ohio

[Kenny Graft]

Ruby on our Kansas hunt...She will be 7 years old Feb-5th

[CraigThompson]

supposedly

I "assume" DH CH or BH ?

[Rick Losey]

I "assume" DH CH or BH ?

or PH or NH or? i'll let you know if and when it appears :corn:

[King Brown]

Nothing to add. I'm giving them away to family and friends. When I look at the rack, I say to myself "What was I thinking?" When it's over, I'll be down to a .22, a 7 X 57, a 20ga SKB and 12ga Beretta 686. I enjoy all the others but possessions are a burden.

[Bill Holcombe]

I would like to say a nice CH....BUT CURRENTLY GOING DOWN A COLT SAA rabbit hole, so might settle for a nice Trojan.

[legh higgins]

my Granddads Parker VH 00 28 guage he trained dogs with and hunted in Vermont :bigbye:with Corey Ford and Sid Hayward! someday I'll have it I hope...eh Lester?

[Kurt Sauers]

A 16 0 frame or a 12 1 frame. Fish tail. 6 to 6 1/2 lbs. Prefer Damascus. 26 or 28 barrels. Gh or vh with my stock measurements. And ball grip

I'm also considering going English

[Bill Murphy]

English? Tony and Steve are backed up with Purdeys. Maybe you are describing English grip stocks?

[Rick Losey]

or tweedy :rotf:

[Kurt Sauers]

English? Tony and Steve are backed up with Purdeys. Maybe you are describing English grip stocks?



No I'm looking at Birmingham boxlocks.

But English stocks are fine for Parker's too

I'd like to add a fox 16 also

[edgarspencer]

I would like to say a nice CH....BUT CURRENTLY GOING DOWN A COLT SAA rabbit hole, so might settle for a nice Trojan.

Just thought I'd let you know now, no one who's gone down that hole has ever been seen again. Apparently, there is no bottom to it.

[Craig Larter]

Thank goodness most are still looking to add a gun or two. After many of the recent negative posts about the market decline it's nice so many are still actively buying. Keep the thread alive all that have not posted.

[George M. Purtill]

Craig
Thanks for this thread. It’s like a group WTB post.
I think I would like a PR 12 gauge 2 barrel set straight grip and single trigger with interesting chokes to mate to my PR 30 inch barrels.
But I need a mower conditioner first.

[Marty Kohler]

OK............ I throw these in

First gun,,,,,,I will pay Strong for a 16 G or D Damascus ssbp 28" 1 frame

Second gun, I will pay strong for a 28 V or G or D 00 frame 26" or 28"

I love Steve Barnett's 28 but who doesn't.....

Just looking for nice honest guns.......

This is sort of a guns wanted thread....but very interesting to see the guns people desire.....

Great thread Craig and also enjoyed your article in DGJ that just arrived

[Kurt Sauers]

It still seems people are still unwilling to really deal on 12's.

[Chad Hefflinger]

I picked up a 20 gauge VHE this year for grouse and woodcock. I also sold a repro 28 and a pretty nice GHE skeet. I would like to add a 0 frame 16 and a 32" barreled 12 this year.

[Dean Romig]

I hope and pray that sweet little Parker will come your way while you are still young enough to shoot grouse and quail over Twombly setters with it Legh.






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[John Truitt]

I am always on the look out for and would love to add Parker Bros serial
# 207429, which is:

DHE 20 ga on a #1 frame, no safety, PG, SFE, DT, with 34" titanic barrels weighing in at 8 and 1/2 pounds.

I also would not turn my nose up at a 34" fluid steel barreled 10 ga hammerless gun.

[edgarspencer]

I'd love it if I found a rescue grade 3 20 bore with D4 barrels, but I wouldn't turn away a safe queen either. There's room for her slippers under my work bench.

[Chuck Bishop]

I'd like to add an AAHE 28ga. with 32" barrels but it ain't going to happen in my lifetime!

[Mark Ray]

A Pigeon configured 12, straight grip, no safety, 32” tubes...graded higher than V.
Gr.3 early lifter hammers
A total “basket case” smallbore that still goes (BANG)!
Fox “skeet and upland” or “brush gun” in 16

Great year for me this year, scored a nice original configured 3 frame GH 12 and a really decent first year lifter 10, $150 dollar grade.

[Fred Lauer]

As always, any Parker could be the right Parker. Also a 32" CSMC RBL 12,

[Mills Morrison]

I would like a GHE from the Remington era. A 12 gauge on a half frame would be perfect. Some original catalogs would be great too

[nick balzano]

A 20 GA. TROJAN IN DECENT CONDITION OR A 16GA. VH ALSO IN DECENT CONDITION

[Eric Eis]

As always, a Damascus ejector set of barrels 30" 16 gauge for an O frame so that I can finally bring back my AHE to the way it was born........

[Larry Stauch]

I would like to find an affordable .410.
The one I did find has had the side cheek wood surgically replaced for some reason.
The same guy has a 32" DHE 20 ga with a straight grip and a beavertail forend; all original, but that one's really expensive.:eek:

[Bill Murphy]

Larry, tell us about the .410. A .410 stock was recently sold on this site.

[Larry Stauch]

No, the individual still has the gun. His eyes nearly popped out of his head when I pointed the flaw out to him; he was obviously unaware of the issue.

[Brian Dudley]

I did some trading last year for a Lefever 16ga Optimus, a Purdey light game gun and an AE Fox 20 with 30 inch tubes.

Huh... A 16g Optimus? As far as i know there is only one known to exist and remains in a long time private collection. A few “clones” are known of. Was it one of those?

[Dean Romig]

If all of the original Lefever factory records were lost in the fire, how would we know that only one Optimus in 16 gauge was ever made?

Please forgive my ignorance if tha answer is obvious.





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[Brian Dudley]

Well,
One can not be sure, I suppose. That is where vetting each example comes into play i suppose, no different than any other maker. Like i said, one 16g is known of and that one was connected to Charles Green. 2 copies are known to exist (engraved nearly identical to the green gun).

The Lefever Optimus is one of the most copied high grade shotguns out there. And the lack of records is exactly the reason why.

[Josh Loewensteiner]

There is more than 1 authentic 16ga Optimus Lefever extant. And yes, that is on my 2018 wishlist.

Some day I’d like to own an A-1 Special Parker. Finding one that is totally original is a difficult thing to do. Maybe in 2018!

[Rick Riddell]

For me its simple, an old well used hammer gun!

[Bruce Day]

A 20 ga. Bernard. I’ve looked for one for years. There are several in 16 ga, I have one. A handful of 20 gauges are listed, but none are known in the collecting community, at least to me.

[Russ Jackson]

A 20 ga. Bernard. I’ve looked for one for years. There are several in 16 ga, I have one. A handful of 20 gauges are listed, but none are known in the collecting community, at least to me.

Bruce , That Beautiful Little 20 with the Roundrell engraving ,what Barrels is it wearing ,I remembered those as being Bernard ,so much for my memory ! You wouldn't happen to have a picture or two to share with us would you ?

[Steve Huffman]

A nice 12 ga Gh 2 frame for about 1200

[Seth Irvin]

My want is simple. I am after a nice, original condition 26" VH (or VHE) 20 gauge with open chokes.

[craig reynolds]

I would like to find a 12ga C or D with a grouse on it. Since I hit so few of them it would help to remind me what they look like.

[Gary Laudermilch]

I would like to find a 12ga C or D with a grouse on it. Since I hit so few of them it would help to remind me what they look like.

:rotf: Now that is funny but I suspect quite a few can relate!

[allen newell]

Another 20 ga Trojan with 26 inch barrels that I can restore and hold for my second grandson when he's old enough. I would willingly trade my GHE with fitted 26 inch Q1/Q2 Repro barrels for an honest 20 ga Trojan

[MARK KIRCHER]

My 3 frame DH 12 32" is on the way and should arrive today/tomorrow.......fingers crossed! Thanks Craig!

I am still on the hunt for a Heavy 16 fluid steel 30 or 32" any grade.

.....and I would like to buy another 1 or 2 Widgeon Duck Club guns....:rotf::rotf::rotf:

[Rick Losey]

My 3 frame DH 12 32" is on the way and should arrive today/tomorrow.......fingers crossed! Thanks Craig!


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[Garry L Gordon]

My wants may have been satiated for a while, as I was finally able to find, and afford, a higher grade Parker. It's a 16 gauge AH on a 1 frame (and weighs 6 lbs. 8 oz.). It was made in 1927, and unfortunately no records exist for it. What a wonderful little gun. My thanks to the gentleman who ordered it without ejectors and with a lighter than normal weight -- just as I would have.

[Rich Anderson]

How about sharing some pics of such a wonderful upland gun???

[Dean Romig]

Yes, pictures please.





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[Michael Moffa]

Let's see, picked up a 12 ga grade 4 with 30" Titanic tubes and a 16ga grade 3 with 29" Damascus tubes. Looking for a grade 5 hammer 12 ga.

[Dean H Hanson]

I did not plan on adding another Parker till at least late Summer or Fall. While browsing the usual auction sights I stumbled upon Parker 41732. Grade 0 10, top lever hammer that has been sanded with an old refinish. Plain and simple. However my late Father gave me 41730. It gets better. The gun is located no more than 50 miles from where I grew up in northern Wisconsin. I would believe they may have been sold from the same hardware store which used to be located in the Twin Cities. For these two guns to be that close in proximity at one time and of course 2 #'s apart blows my mind. Its the only Parker I own that I would like pair with another, be the same configuration, and be as close as possible in serial #. The gun is on Gun Broker. I will try to purchase this gun..... I know my Dad would be as amazed as much as I hope to be. Yes Mr. Romig I can hear the PPS story writing itself too :)

[Mills Morrison]

I had planned to have a gun moratorium for all of 2018. Well, that has already gone out the window and a Grade 1 12 gauge top lever hammer gun with laminated barrels is on the way as we speak. Having thrown that resolution out, I hope to get some more examples of Grade 2 Parkers, particularly from eras not represented in my collection.