parker parts

[jack zuelich]

i have an 1884 12 guage parker brothers double barrel shot gun and i am missing the right side top lever hammer.. can anyone help me find this part or where i might get it made?

[Brian Dudley]

Keep an eye out o. eBay and gunbroker. They pop up from time to time. Or maybe someone here has a spare. I am fresh out right now. Just a tip, sometimes the hammers are different in form and engraving style. So if you care about them matching, might be best to look for a matched set.

[jack zuelich]

i am more than willing to buy a set of two if i can find them or have them made. been looking for almost two years and on ebay, no luck. any help would be great

[John Campbell]

Jack:
You may have some luck contacting Dick Chubb. He has TONS of hammers, original and repro. His email is bchubb@comcast.net

Best, Kensal

[serge ferré]

hello
i have an 1883 twist barrel parker shotgun(butt number 33941) that's missing its extractor
i would like to buy one,either original or new
can anybody help me
serge ferré

[Brian Dudley]

I would send you a pm, but it is not an option for you. I may have an extractor for you. What guage and frame size is your gun? I take it that it is a top action hammer gun?

[serge ferré]

hello Brian

thank you for such a quick response
i'm not sure how to answer your question though

from the markings and common sense the shotgun is a 12 guage
the barrel type is a Twist
the barrel part number is 18525
the butt part number is 33941
does this helps further?

best

serge

[Brian Dudley]

Well, I asked what type of action the gun is (lifter of top action) and also what frame size. The frame size will be stamped on the bottom of the barrel locking lug.

[serge ferré]

bonsoir Brian
being french and living in france,now,i'm doing a catch-up course on shotgun semantics
now i know what to call the part i'm missing...it's the forend...
i'll check tomorrow what frame size i own
my shotgun is top-lever-action and not lifter-action...
am i making progress?
the barrel is marked twist but the shotgun finishing is engravingf-less so a rather rudimentary piece...but hopelessly worthless without the forend
the butt is stamped 33941,so manufactured in 1883
the barrel is stamped 18525 with a 12 merk in a circle and 2 letters stamped next to it
an S on the left side and a T on the right side
the barrel says Parker Brothers Makers Twist on the top side
and tomorrow i should come up with the frame size itself
there...
bonsoir

serge

[serge ferré]

...again...bonjour Brian

here's the final set of info...
Butt # 33941
barrel markings
Parker Bros Makers Meridian Conn Twist
Fr 6 with a number 3 beneath it("lying down"...meaning the 6 is vertical and the 3 is horizontal)
stampingsa circled T with top right cormer a J...and bittom right 5 with a small 12 underlined
Barrel #18525

howdoes that fit?

merci beaucoup

hoping you do have the forend to fit my shotgun

serge

[edgarspencer]

There is a grade 0 12 bore that sells on Gunrunner tonight. The bidding is presently $240. lots of good parts if not kept intact.

http://www.gunrunnerauctions.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1042159015

[serge ferré]

hello Edgar
this is great...but living in france and already owning a Parker,i am only interested in the parts,not the whole...and THE forend,to be exact
my son lives in Manhattan,so it's easy for me to arrange logistics and financials...
do you think you can help?
serge
serge.f.ferre@gmail.com

[edgarspencer]

The parts you're looking for will cost you more than the gun on gunrunners, but the thing about auctions, is that you never know what it will ultimately sell for. Knowing that site as I do, I expect there won't be much more activity beyond where it is now. Finding fore end wood is easy, but the fore end iron is not so easy to find. A matching pair of hammers are worth $80-100 by themselves. Your son can bid on it, and if he wins it, they can ship it to him without paperwork, then he can just send you the parts you need.

[serge ferré]

hello "all"...thank you once again,edgar,for calling my attention on the auction sale for a 0 grade 12 bore Parker gun...but somehow the process is self-defeating
a buy a "complet" gun...for the forend i want to fit on my "incomplete" gun...thereby ending up with a complete gun and an incomplete gun...then wanting to buy a forend for the now incomplete gun...and so on ...
doesn't really add up
so,if anybody can signal me when a parts auction is being held...i'm on the market for a forend...nothing more and nothing less,if i may say so
i've learnt a lot from brian and edgar
i know what i own and i know what i'm looking for...
now all i need is the answer to my quest(and query)
merci guys
serge