Andrew ,that is a Wonderful Gun for sure ! It being a Family Heirloom ,have you any Old Family Hunting Photos ? I have Three of my Grandfathers guns but no pictures of them in use ,I well remember "My Pap " although I was young when he passed away ,what I wouldn't give to have a picture or two of him with his old 300 Savage maybe even a nice Buck !

Russ, I do have a few hunting pictures of this gun from fall of '46, only ones I can find out of thousands of pictures. They are small, like 4.5 X 2.5. I will see if i can take pictures of them that hopefully are clear enough to see.

And if anyone else has early grade 1 guns with Parker Steel Barrels I'd love to here about them! Thanks, Andy

Hi Andrew. I have a 12 gauge PH with Parker steel barrels. But with serial # 228502 it is probably closer to one of the last PHs.

Can't help you with the earlier PHE's Andrew but I have , according to TPS, the last PHE made s/n 235972. A 20ga. with 26" tubes.

HI Jeff, long time no see! I have a 12 gauge PH as well with PSB with a length of 26" that I purchased about a year ago here, 227266 . According to TPS there where only 60 made with 26" barrels. Its a cool gun.

Andrew -

I own #208563 - 1924 16 bore (1 of 208) 28 inch DT PG with a pad - (Gun is currently for sale on this site). Hell on ducks. Here is a pic from many years back in the Marsh with my now 11 year old Drathaar Emma. I expect she was about 4 or 5 when pic was taken.

That's great Mark! Thanks for sharing! I'm hoping so earlier grade 1's start coming out of the woodwork as well.

Andrew, My first Parker was a P grade 12 gauge with Parker steel barrels, got me into collecting them, the 410,s and 28ga are rare as hens teeth, so was the steel barreled 8gauge, Gary