There are several sources available for learning about the grades and how to (usually) identify the grades.

1. Go to our Home Page and click on the Grades tab on the left.

2. Several of the books written on Parker shotguns have sections on the Grades.

3. The most accurate and detailed source of information defining the Number Grades and their corresponding letter identifications, as well as the earlier Dollar Grades, is The Parker Story. Every Parker aficionado and collector should have The Parker Story as his 'official' reference source.

thanks Dean, I think i'm going to sell them both, hopefully as a package. the hammer model is going to need a lot of work and i'll just be mostly giving it away with the other one. i'll start researching the good one and se where it takes me. I did find the Parker for sale web site and i'll check into that more. in the mean time, I sure do appreciate all the help!!

thanks, bill