New Guy in Maryland

[John Harris]

Hello I am looking for information on my grandfather's parker shot gun.
I inherited it when I was 13. I am now 68. I love this gun seems to be 20gauge
hammerless with low serial number from 1899. I currently live in southern Md.

[Daryl Corona]

Welcome John. Unfortunately I'm also from Maryland. If you could post some pictures and give us a little more info on your gun it would help us help you. I'm from the Parkville area, where are you located?

[Dean Romig]

The serial number would help immensely in identifying it. We could tell you exactly how it left the factory.





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[John Harris]

Hope the pictures are attached. I was given this gun when I was 13. I had gun oil for my BB gun so I"d rub the parker with it.Removed rust and kept bores nice and shiny. My grandfather fed the family with this gun.

[edgarspencer]

The book tells me it left the factory as a 28" VH (extractor, not ejector) Pistol gripped 16ga. Exactly what my father's first Parker was, 94 years ago.

[John Harris]

Thanks so much for the follow up information.

[Bill Murphy]

I'm from Maryland also, Damascus on the Western Shore, and am interested in what part of Maryland you are from. Now that you know your gun is not a 20, you can start searching for some 16 gauge ammunition.