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Dean Romig

06-28-2025 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloyd McKissick (Post 432170)

Now I'm mildly confused. I am fairly certain that my latest acquisition a #1 frame, Grade O hammer gun, but...is it Quality O as well? If it had Laminated Steel tubes would that make it a Quality Q?

Shot the gun today at a local 5-stand with Winchester AA Featherlights. Worked just fine.

The Grade 0 (zero) and the Quality O (alphabetical) are two different nomenclatures that apparently can overlap...?

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Lloyd McKissick

06-28-2025 12:52 PM

Not confused anymore Researcher, thank you so much!

Quality U is it.

Dave Noreen

06-28-2025 12:59 PM

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Looking at the Quality PH and NH hammerless guns, the catalogs state "Fine English Twist" --

Attachment 134687

but the ribs are marked "TWIST" --

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Lloyd McKissick

06-28-2025 01:07 PM

As are mine. So...a $50 gun in 1882 would be what in 1887...$55? A comperable Elsie would be something like $35-40 then?

Dave Noreen

06-28-2025 01:43 PM

The List Prices stayed pretty steady through the heydays of the Parker Gun. The Quality U still had a List Price of $50 in the 1900 Blue Ink catalog. A few years later they dropped the List Price of those old obsolete hammer guns. Prices really started going up with the inflation leading into and through WW-I.

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