She's puurrrdy.:cool::cool:

Speaking of Cased Parkers...

A fellow e-mailed these pictures quite a while ago asking about the rarity of a PHE .410...

I said that Ed Muderlak's book Parker Guns the Old Reliable suggests there was only one but then I heard there might be another... who really knows for sure...? "Unique"? "Exceedingly Rare"? Either adjective might describe it sufficiently.



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In his attention to detail Marvin never forgets to get all the screws into proper alignment.

We do know that there is one made up PH 410 that was auctioned at Julie's 5 or 6 years ago (same year that we had the annual meeting in DC) there is another floating around (Midwest maybe) that is suppose to be near mint but and it is a real big "But" won't letter....:eek: Ed said he had heard about 4 PH 410's not sure if the Julia's and the rumored gun above were part of his estimate, we only talked about it once. Eric

The PH/E .410 chase is a rare one indeed. Of the 3 definitely known to exist (e.g., able to be held in hand and examined), one is indeed a righteous gun that came out of New England via Virginia and now resides in the Midwest. The second gun is freely admitted to be an upgrade (not a 'fake') - whereabouts unknown - and the third gun is (presumably) the one that "won't letter". Ed's reference to a 4th gun came out of a rumored "deal in the works" involving a longtime Parker collector who tried to "coax" it out of the proverbial second floor hall closet in a row house up in the PA coal country. Nothing ever came of the deal; the collector still maintains its "real" but can provide no details and reprortedly was never able to make any progress on getting the owner(s) to set a price.

I saw a PH 410 in Sanford, NC my first year attending the Southern in either 05 or 06. I can't remember if it was an ejector gun or not, but seem to remember some speculation as to it's originality.

Unfortunate as it is, there always seems to be a certain amount of 'speculation as to originality' concerning rare of high condition guns. There are those who would intentionally dupe the collecting community in every field, however, they are few and a serious collector like the fellow who sent me these pictures, is always careful enough to not get duped.

Rich I think that was the Julia's gun that they were showing before the auction.

The P 410 in the A&F case shot a Kansas pheasant last fall. Its a nice gun.

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Hi Kevin, thanks for your post & info on "Original" Parker Cases, I have one but can not identify the manufacturer, any comments/help.

Joe