People's Choice Gun

[Reggie Bishop]

Did anyone here get this one?

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/parker-shotguns-antique/sold-parker-bros-lifter-hammergun-grade-c-1876-with-case-2012-pgca-2012-peoples-choice-antique-10ga.cfm?gun_id=101570168

[Stan Hillis]

That's a beauty, but I'd be very concerned about what is causing those fresh "breaks" in the stock head........ one on the rt. side and another underneath. The close-up pic of the right lock shows them clearly. They're "post-Turnbull".

SRH

[Brian Dudley]

Turnbull did not touch that gun.

The listing states that it was restored by Bachelders. And the overall look of the gun confirms it too.

[Stan Hillis]

Turnbull did not touch that gun.

The listing states that it was restored by Bachelders. And the overall look of the gun confirms it too.

My bad, absolutely correct. I had just read the text but trusted my memory which, I hope, I am learning not to do.

Thanks for the correction, Brian.

SRH

[Steve Huffman]

The add states " NO ISSUES " Really ! that wood filler / whatever looks like a issue to me . But someone likes it very much. its theirs now .

[Jay Oliver]

That's a light 10 gauge. My short chamber 10s kick excessively with those stepped chambers even with the light RST 2 5/8" 1100fps load. Perhaps that was the cause of the cracks behind the lock plates. For that reason, I shoot mostly brass shells in my 2 5/8" 10s anymore.

[Larry Stauch]

That's a beautiful gun and that wood is very nice.

That inspires me to do something like that with the one I have.

[Dean Romig]

That's a light 10 gauge. My short chamber 10s kick excessively with those stepped chambers even with the light RST 2 5/8" 1100fps load.



I can't believe the stepped chambers have anything to do with excessive kicking - I'll bet it is a combination of the weight of the gun and the DAH and the pitch.





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[Craig Budgeon]

That gun was returned to Parker Bros. at least once. Anson Deeley release is not original at time of manufacture and the radius between the breech and water table was a later improvement. When I look at the checkering on the forend I new it didnt leave Turnbulls that way. Even with its flaws I am sure I could find room for it in my safe.

[Craig Budgeon]

I am wrong, there is no radius at the breech of that gun. The side view deceived me.

[John Davis]

Well, a bunch of Parker folks who looked the gun over in 2012 liked her.

[edgarspencer]

Brian's correct, and Brad's colors are unmistakable, and as no one else has been able to replicate. I wouldn't give those "breaks" a second thought. A gun almost one and half centuries old is going to have those, and that wood is dry as a piece of kibble.

[Brian Dudley]

I wasn't really speaking of the colors.

They are nice.

[todd allen]

I would be proud to own that gun!