New member needs a little help

[Frank Allegra]

Hello to all. This is my first post, so excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong place.

I recently acquired a GH receiver. The receiver is complete and the serial # is 226065. Can anyone tell me if this # is in the book? I have no idea what frame size this is. I would like to take on a project and would be interested in knowing how the gun left the factory. Thanks to all for any help.

[Dean Romig]

It was a GHE (E for ejectors) with Parker Special Steel barrels 28" long, capped pistol grip twelve gauge.

[Jeff Kuss]

If you measure center to center between the firing pins, we can tell you the frame size.

[Frank Allegra]

It measures 1.125" from center to center of firing pins. I have a #2 frame 12 gauge but the barrels are too large. Should I assume it is a 1 1/2 frame?

[Dean Romig]

Pretty likely a 1 1/2 frame. Parker had stopped making a twelve gauge on a 1 frame by then (226XXX = 1928).

[Frank Allegra]

You guys are awesome. Thanks for the help. Is there a good place to look for a complete ejector front end or this going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack?

[Dean Romig]

It will be a long search and will require diligence on your part but it can be and has been done. Good luck.

[william faulk]

Larry DelGrego can build you a forend,wood ,metal and about anything else you need to complete the gun...
315-8948754...give him a call.:smiley7:

[Frank Allegra]

I gave DelGrego a call today. I asked about costs. It sounds that the costs might be far from ever being recouped. The receiver is in very nice condition so I hate to scrap the project. It appears that it will definitely be a long and slow one unless I luck into finding the front part of the gun.

[Dean Romig]

It will be a long search and will require diligence on your part but it can be and has been done. Good luck.

Allow me to reiterate :cool:

[Bobby Cash]

I was walking with Frank off our Skeet Fields when another of our group offered up a "project". I joked that it was a recoil pad and the rest of the gun needed to be built. I wasn't far off, a beautiful receiver with quite a bit of color but not much more than a shell.

Welcome Frank.
CBaby

[Bruce Day]

Allow me to reiterate :cool:


Kinda like the article in the Mercedes collector magazine about the fellow who found a frame, an engine and photos from a rare early race car and built the car around that. Only cost him about a million.

[Russ Jackson]

I understand those receivers make great paper weights !:rolleyes:

[charlie cleveland]

i love to seeold guns put back in action... charlie