28 ga DHE at Jaquas

[Jay Gardner]

I have no interest in the gun but thought I would pass it along. Too bad someone messed with the butt.

[John Dallas]

Boy, that didn't last long! I couldn't find it.

[Dean Romig]

Did it have "Titanium Steel" barrels?

Saturday I bought a 2007 Devine's Auction catalog that had a Parker DHE 28 gauge with "Titanium Steel" barrels. :rolleyes: Devine's is where my 24" Damascus 28 ga. DHE came from - the only known 24" 28 ga. Damascus Parker of any grade. I'm glad they didn't know that when they put it on the block :bigbye:

[Jay Gardner]

It's still there ( and at $27,500 it probably will be there for a while). The barrels are 30".

http://www.jaquas.com/gunlist/Details.asp?StockNumber=116552&Category=&Caliber=

[Bill Murphy]

I wish I could solve the mystery of Jaqua's website. I couldn't find it either. It didn't come up under Parker Brothers, used guns, old guns, new guns, it didn't show up anywhere.

[Jay Gardner]

I found it by selecting Parker Bros from their list of Manufacturers, then scrollong down to "Field Guns"

[Bruce Day]

A 30" 28ga D grade? Bet it won't last long. When was the last time one of these came up? A 30" C 20ga sold in the mid 30's a few years ago.

The skeleton plate looks like a Galazan's, that's what theirs fit anyway because they are small. The owner had the right idea, it just wasn't very well executed. A good stocker could find a matching piece of wood and hand stripe the grain across the sections so that a person would not know it was a separate section unless he was told.

[David Dwyer]

I agree, that is a lot of money for a low condition, messed with DHE 28.
30" barrels are unusual but....
David

[John Dallas]

Hmmm. Still doesn't work. You would think that after all the $$$ I've spent down there that Nick and Neil would be sending me PM's.

[Don Kaas]

That does not appear to be a Galazan skeleton bp (made for them by McFarlane, I think). Galazan's is much too big, thick and heavy for a 00 frame Parker. I looks like an 0 frame Parker part as Parker often used a taller butt than was normal for the frame size when fitting long barrels. I just ran into this with two different 30" 20g 0 frames (a VHE and a DHE) both of which have 1 frame butts. It is a pity the extension was put on (it probably was cut for a pad at one time). The Parker buttplate could have been (and still could be) cut and shut and made to fit the remaining portion of the original butt. A more worthy and elegant solution for an elegant and expensive gun.

[Jay Gardner]

Don,

I have always wondred about the size buttstock Parker used on 20 ga guns. I have a high condition 20 ga Trojan (28" barrels) with a butt that is identical in dimension to the butt on my 20 ga DHE with 30" barrels, both of which are noticeably smaller than the butt on my 16 ga DH #1 frame.

Could people specify what size butt they wanted (on their guns)?

[Bill Murphy]

I don't think the customer often specified the butt size. I think the workman or foreman used what he needed to make the weight. I have seen 0 frame guns with 1 frame stocks, and the opposite. I have seen 1 frame 16s with 0 frame stocks that could have made a weight by using a 0 frame action. I have seen a 12 gauge 1/2 frame gun with the smallest butt I have seen on any Parker, including .410. These odd guns can usually be spotted because the buttplate used is usually the one proper for the stock, not the action.

[Don Kaas]

What Bill said....:)