Make your Own Consecutive Set

[Jay Oliver]

Has anyone noticed this yet?

I am tempted, but already spent my gun budget through 2023

2 - Grade 3, 10 Gauge lifters. I would love to see someone put these two old girls back together again:

Serial#17147
https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_A__PARKER_BROS__D_GRADE_LIFTER_SIDE_BY_SIDE_10_BO-LOT487029.aspx

Serial# 17148
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/861810468

Someone make it happen. I have a grade 2 12 gauge not too far off from these with 32" barrels #17633. Nevermind that though...

Let me know the good news and I look forward to reading your article in Parker Pages :)

[Joseph Flynn]

That would be pretty exciting!

[Jay Oliver]

I guess together again is probably not the best way to describe it, but it would be nice nonetheless...

[Wayne Owens]

That would be very cool. Thanks for pointing this out.

[Breck Gorman]

The one on Gunbroker looks like it has the Parker made laminated steel. Right pattern and P stamp.

[CraigThompson]

The guy on Gunbroker is a bit off base in my opinion , but what do I know ! I’ve been asked quite a few times if our families last name before we left the old country was Thompsonstein :rotf:

[Jay Oliver]

I agree Craig that one on GunBroker has been sitting at $6000 for quite awhile. However, it is in nice shape and I think those Laminated barrels are a plus. Before all of this recent craziness I thought about driving up to the gun store, which is probably an hour and a half at most from me. I think at $5000 it is worth considering at $4500 I might actually "need" it. It is just is such nice shape. The trigger guard and lifter button still have bluing on them!

Then maybe you save a little on the one at Morphys, and that has the plus of 32" barrels. That one is nice as well.

These are nice Parkers for sure and $7-8k might get you one heck of a set. I can already imagine how amazing they would look in a 2 gun takedown case :) That would be the set you show up with duck or goose hunting.

[Bill Murphy]

I would love to have a consecutive set of lifters, but you won't get it here. The only 17148 on the gunbroker ad is the description. The gun and all its parts are #17142. Better luck next time.

[Dean Romig]

Even if the numbers were consecutive, with two entirely different barrel steels they would not comprise a “set” in the true sense of the word as it applies to guns. It would be merely a couple of consecutively numbered Parkers.

I love the GB one. What great condition and what wonderful Parker-made Laminated barrels!!





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[Jay Oliver]

Sorry I missed that! I agree Dean that one on GunBroker is just beautiful!

[Bill Murphy]

Yup, one has less than five pound barrels on a #2 frame. The other has six pound barrels on probably a #3 or #4 frame and two different barrel steels. It would make a great cased set if the numbers were truly consecutive. Shoot quail with one, geese with the other. Most of us have a multi purpose set like that. The only thing missing is the consecutive serial numbers.

[Jay Oliver]

I do have a Grade 2, 30" barreled 12 gauge Lifter with laminated steel barrels that is in very similar condition to the 10 gauge on GunBroker.

I also have that 12 Gauge Grade 2 Lifter I mentioned with 32" Barrels that is close in that serial# range.

Either one of those D grade 10ga. lifters could certainly complement my 12 gauges.

Maybe I should make a 12/10 2 gun set...

[Wayne Owens]

Here is a 20/10 gauge two gun set I put together.

[Randy G Roberts]

That's sweet Wayne. Personally I would like to hear more about those two.

[Wayne Owens]

Thanks Randy. I really don't want to say too much and ruin a future article for the Parker Pages. :corn:

[charlie cleveland]

i look forward to your articule on these two guns....charlie

[Randy G Roberts]

Good deal Wayne, I am glad to hear that. It sounds to me like our esteemed editor, Mountain Boy Mike, has a lot of good articles on great Guns coming his way. Can't wait to read yours. Thanks!

[Jay Oliver]

Those are very nice Wayne!!! The more I have the thought about it the more I think I might try to get one of the Lifters I had originally posted about.

And I am very much looking forward to reading about your two beautiful hammer guns in Parker Pages!

[Wayne Owens]

Thanks Jay. I know which lifter I would try to add to my collection.

[Jay Oliver]

Wayne, I think we thinking about the same gun which would match my laminated 12 gauge lifter nicely: http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20845

A quick note, the issues with the above gun have been addressed and were not as bad as originally thought. The barrels were fixed as well as the stock. I should shoot it more, but it is the nicest condition Parker I have.

Anyway, a grade 3 10 with laminated barrels would help create a nice 12/10 set...

[Dean Romig]

Jay, I have handled and examined your grade 2 on the other thread and it is a wonderful Parker.

I think the grade 3 for sale with the Laminated barrels would be an excellent addition to your collection and would nicely complement your grade 2.

Good Luck,
Dean





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[Wayne Owens]

Jay,
I think the 2 guns would make a very cool set. One thing I noticed is that the serialization book lists the gunbroker gun as having 28" barrels. I personally would prefer having a 2 gun, 2 gauge set with equal length barrels so I would verify with the seller that the barrel length is indeed 30" as advertised. This is, as you know, the same seller listing the wrong serial number in the ad. Good luck!
Wayne

[Jay Oliver]

Well...it never hurts to call and talk about a gun right? This has really turned into a thread about me buying a lifter...

I may make an offer...the timing isn't ideal, however it may be a good time to buy.

I did notice my 12 gauge laminated barrels have an un-struck barrel weight of 4-14 and the 10s are 4-12. It might not make for much of a set, but I almost hope the barrels are 28". I have been wanting a 28" 10 gauge lifter and this being a 2 frame it should be a nice light 10. It should be lighter than my 12.

I will keep you posted...

[Dean Romig]

Let me understand you correctly... you’re saying the unstruck barrel weight of the 10 gauge Laminated barrels is 14 lbs., 12 oz.?... really?





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[Jay Oliver]

Dean, sorry typo(I fixed it in my post). I will confirm from the seller if the are 28" per the serialization book.