Interesting CHE
 

The letter, and pertinent tables from TPS are shuffled into the photos.

There are four pertinent points of decision relative to this Parker:

1 28 ga
2 24 inch barrels
3 CHE - only 24 inch 28 ga CHE archived.
4 Fully restored

Relative to 1; were this 410 ga several bids would be noted

Relative to 3; there are many thousand un archived twentieth century Parkers - would discovery of another 28ga/24 inch/ CHE destroy the uniqueness of this gun?

Best, Austin

Anyone else notice that the rolled inscription on the rib is not centered?

On a previous thread I posted about recolored case colors and how the straw is most noticable around sharp edges of the frame. This is a good example of what I was talking about.

I think if that turned out to be the case the value (not the asking price) of the gun might be reduced by 10 - 15 percent.

Chuck, from my experience there is nothing especially unusual about the centering of the inscription.

Here's something close. A documented DHE 20ga/24". Barrels reblacked, stock top coat hand rubbed in. I know its a D and a 20, not a C 28 but it was made for 3/4oz at 2 drams , wt is 5lbs 11oz, so not much functional difference between this and a 28. It is a one of a kind in a couple ways. It's kinda restored but only lightly, so I hope that doesn't devalue the gun. Maybe I should have sent it off for the full treatment.

SO..... since the C 28 is worth a minimum of $52,000, this would be a steal at only $45,000. I'd even throw in an unframed Muderlak squirrel poster as a deal sweetener. It is one of only a hundred he had left.

Bruce Day, unaccomplished Parker collector.

Thanks, Austin. I didn't scroll down far enough to see the letter. Wow, the cheekpiece is documented. Maybe for another five or six grand, this gun could be properly restored.

I actually liked the re-case colors, not exactly on, but close. I wonder what this one will sell for and will watch with interest. The only other C 28 I know about was significantly less, and had much longer barrels. This one has particularly nice engraving and is in the heart of what many people consider some particularly good years for well engraved Parkers.

I'm still amazed about the rare cheekpiece on such a small gun, highly unusual, and more often seen on rifles than shotguns, particularly those of Germanic influence. There are a few target shotguns with cheekpieces.

The short barreled guns, the 24's and 25's, I like my little D 24", but I've found that some people don't like them at all, and long barrels seem to be in for the time. I think these little guns make excellent fast grouse and quail guns.

I did the same thing Bill and didn't scroll down to see that the cheekpiece was factory...

Some of you are posting comments that imply that the gunbroker gun is a 28 gauge. It is a 20 gauge. The Parker Brothers records post WW1 are full of Abercrombie and Fitch 24" guns, many of them 20 and 28 gauge. If research projects in the PGCA order book copies were allowed, a comparison between the Parker records and the A&F records would result in some very interesting information.

Bill, one of the some includes me. I thought it was a 28ga and somehow I missed that it was a 20ga.

In all respect for your Parker knowledge, I question whether you exagerate when you say that the Parker A&F records are "full" of 24's . I don't think there are that many PArker 24"'s . There is a TPS list of 24" guns, although that is incomplete, and even if the number is double the TPS list, its not that many.

Boy, if that gun sells for anywhere close to $52,000, I wonder if I should send my DHE 20ga 24" to Brad B. to get re-case colored? This is a serious question, I had not considered it before, and comments from collectors are appreciated.