If those are ducks I see flying in that vignette then it is a Grade-2.

I got to worrying that I was wrong about the grade so I dug it back out and checked. It is an ten bore with Damascus barrels, serial #57431, there is a 3 above the serial number and a "D" below. The engraving on the action panels is of pointing dogs not birds like on my G grade guns. So from the above I concluded it was a D grade. Am I wrong? I have a similar marked 12 bore that has drop points on the stock cheeks and I believe it is a D grade also.

I'm certainly no expert but do love old side by side shotguns or rifles no matter what gauge or caliber or who made them.

Best regards to all who have chimed in.

57431 lists as a D3 10 with 32 inch Damascus barrels

Close ups of the engraving would help

Pointing dogs on the side panels along with the serial number and grade stamps on the water table confirm it as a Grade-3 or DH.

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My apologies to Mr. Jones, it is listed in the Order Book as a DH. It's within a few thousands of the earliest hammerless guns. Mr. Dudley nailed it as a very early hammerless gun. The question is is this gun's engraving pattern the same for all these early DH hammerless guns, if so, when did the change to the pattern we are used to seeing on DH's happen? I wonder what a GH or PH in the same serial number range would look like? Let's see some closeups of the 3 sides of the receiver. If the engraving pattern was different, could it also be that Parker didn't put the cheek drop points on either at this early time? I think the stock is original.

We don't have the Stock Book for this gun but we do have the Order Book. The info is worth a letter.

Another detail to note about stock checkering on these early DH guns. Where the pattern comes up into the crotch of the grip, they cut them up at a sharp angle at that point. This is a feature I have only seen on these very early hammerless guns.

I would like to see the dogs as well, the earliest DH patterns were different than the later norm


55801- about the 20th DH 12 listed in the serialization book -(i know there are gaps)

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6897


http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6898

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6899

ANY DROP POINTS ON THAT GUN?