Two Blackpowder Parker Double Barrels

[RobertLloyd]

Good Day to all,
I am a new user who recently can into possession of two antique Parker double barrel black powders. I was given them to my Late father inlaw and was wondering about any info on them. I have looked around on the internet but can find very little. Also I would like a est value if possible and whether they can be refurbished into working order. One is in very bad shape but still has the original hickory ram rod, the other is in much better shape but has some issues around the blasting cap ports and one of the hammer cocks is non functional. I can send in pics as well.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

The Charles Parker Company never made a muzzle loading shotgun. They're most likely of Belgian or British origin and just happen to carry the name Parker.


DLH

[Harry Collins]

Robert,

Post some pictures anyway. This forum is full of knowledge on most things shotgun. Someone may be able to answer questions or offer advice.

Harry

[John Farrell]

DLH - Re: "Parker never made a muzzleloader." As that famous sage Maxwell Smart said many times - I didn't know that. Or should I say, the thought never entered my mind in the course of diddling with Parker guns for 30 years. One is never too old to learn. Thanks.

[edgarspencer]

The earliest version of Meriden Arms T Latch Could be fired as a breech loader using a Maynard type cartridge and external percussion cap, or, could be muzzle loaded and fired as any muzzle loader. I know later versions of the T latch had a conventional firing pin in place of the percussion nipple, and at some point the lock plates were marked Charles Parker, but I don't know if that post dates the percussion nipple. I had one of these, and as a teenager, traded it off for a garden variety S&W tip-up. I'm pretty sure the shotgun belonged to a family member prior to my father getting it, as most of our family was from Meriden.

[Dennis V. Nix]

Possibly I am off base but to say Parker never made a muzzle loader doesn't seem quite correct. Didn't the Parker company manufacture the Parker Snow muzzle loading rifle? Are we only talking double shotguns with this thread?

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Notice I said shotgun. The T Latch is still a break open gun, even if you could use it as a muzzleloader.

DLH