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Mark Riessen 06-15-2014 04:24 PM

An A
 
WOW, just WOW !!

Fred Verry 06-15-2014 06:34 PM

Very nice gun, Larry. Thanks for sharing the photos. Please post more pictures, esp. of the left side, and bottom of the action and the fore end. They are a real treat.

Bill Murphy 06-15-2014 06:59 PM

I wonder how long Greg has been waiting to use that line? Great work, Greg.

Bill Murphy 06-15-2014 07:02 PM

Another member owns a great C Grade World's Fair gun from the same era with egrets. Post your serial number and we'll compare it to the World's Fair gun list.

Larry Stauch 06-15-2014 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy (Post 141101)
Is that a World's Fair gun?

:bowdown:

Well you sniffed me out Murphy. I wanted to hold on to that information until I was able to take better pictures, but this is too exciting to keep to ones self.

This is one of the three the Parker Story talks about being made for the the Columbian Exposition, the four hundredth anniversary celebration of the discovery of the new world, held in Chicago in 1893.

This is serial number 66201!

Wouldn't it be great to see all three together once again.

Larry Frey 06-15-2014 08:55 PM

Larry,
Congratulations, that is a really great old Parker. When you click on the third pic a couple of times you can really see the wear on the checkering in the wrist area. It makes you wonder just how much shooting and handling it would take to wear walnut checkering almost flat? I've picked up too guns recently with similar checkering and think it adds so much character to the gun.

todd allen 06-15-2014 11:52 PM

Wow, what a beautiful Parker! I love fish-tail top levers, btw.

David Weber 06-16-2014 10:34 PM

Home run.
 
Hit that one out of the park. Congrats b

Dean Romig 06-16-2014 11:04 PM

Fabulous A!!

An un-messed-with A of that vintage is the "Holy Grail" to many of us, and you've found one.

Mark Conrad 06-19-2014 05:35 AM

Larry, you need to order a letter on your beautiful gun. I am sure it has some neat history.


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