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Josh carrell
08-20-2019, 02:27 PM
I have had this one for awhile. The gun is marked T. J. Parker. I know Parker was making guns in this time period. Does anyone recognize this one? Is it from the famous Parker or might it be some other Parker? Any help would be appreciated
Daryl Corona
08-20-2019, 02:30 PM
Sorry, not a Parker Bros. gun.
todd allen
08-20-2019, 06:37 PM
Not a Parker Bros. gun, but still a very cool rifle! I think I would have to shoot it.
Jay Gardner
08-20-2019, 07:07 PM
What it is, is a Vincent style rifle. Looks to be in decent condition. Suggest you try to find a local shop that specializes in traditional muzzleloading. There are some online resources wheee you can lean more about black powder. Have fun.
Dave Noreen
08-20-2019, 08:51 PM
Col. Gardner's book, American Gunmakers, doesn't list a T.J. Parker, but does list a Thomas Parker in Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, in the 1850s.
Dean Romig
08-20-2019, 10:04 PM
1850's sounds about right for that rifle.





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edgarspencer
08-21-2019, 07:57 AM
Handsome gun.
Brian Dudley
08-21-2019, 08:33 AM
Interesting place to mark it on the muzzle. I am not at all up to snuff on muzzleloading guns. Did other makers mark the muzzles like this?
Ted Hicks
08-21-2019, 09:03 AM
I'm not a muzzle loading rifle expert but I been around them for a long time and I've never seen the maker's mark on the muzzle like that.
CraigThompson
08-21-2019, 09:12 AM
I'm not a muzzle loading rifle expert but I been around them for a long time and I've never seen the maker's mark on the muzzle like that.

My sentiments as well .
Brian Dudley
08-21-2019, 09:16 AM
Maybe it was the owner of the gun that just put his own name on the muzzle. ?

My little knowledge is that a lot of the early muzzleloaders were not even marked with the maker of the whole gun at all. If they were, they maybe on one of the barrel flats or on the lock. But a name on the lock could just be the maker of the lock. Not the maker of the rifle as a whole.
John Dallas
08-21-2019, 11:25 AM
Saw a picture of a Purdey breech loader which had "Kill it stupid!" engraved on the rims of the breech
Dean Romig
08-21-2019, 12:05 PM
Pretty sick. Who would do that?





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Jay Gardner
08-21-2019, 03:07 PM
Col. Gardner's book, American Gunmakers, doesn't list a T.J. Parker, but does list a Thomas Parker in Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, in the 1850s.

That would make sense. Vincent style rifles were very common in Ohio at that time. I have one in .32 cal that will shoot dime size groups at 25-yards.

JDG