Mr. Day,

Thank you for posting the pictures. It would be a real treat if CH was able to provide pictures of the before condition.
Also are there any pictures available of the B grade hammer gun you referenced? (before and after)

You are correct there are some very talented people out there. Graded Parker project hammer guns can become an addiction. Fortunatley there are people out there to help us achieve our goals.

Thank you,

John

The 16ga lifter hammer is now owned by a retired dentist in SoCal. John, with the attention to small detail a dentist has and the dexterity with small tools, I'll bet a dentist could do some fine restoration work.

Ok, here is the 16ga lifter action showing details of the ball grip with inlay:

Be still my heart!

Thanks Bruce.

Before and After Restoration
 

And here are before and after photos of the 20ga D top action.

No new parts were added, it still has the original buttplate and stock.

If anyone is bothered by these photos or think I post too much, let me know and I'll ask John to delete them. My belief is that a person interested in Parkers can see by these photos what might be possible in careful and skilled restoration.

:clap:

WOW!!!!

George

George took the words out of my mouth!!!

In my opinion, there is a difference between minimally restoring a gun to bring it back to functionality and beauty, and sending it off to get tiger striped case colors, oil and torched, or worse yet, all the metal black blued and polyurethane varnish sprayed on the wood.

But obviously, not everyone feels that way.

IMH (and often worthless) O,


However it was done, a unique piece of Parker history, and a wreck of a gun, that all but a very few people in this country would have thrown away, was saved. Any fix that doesn't meet someone's concours standard can always be righted by a future owner, now that the gun will exist for future owners.

thanks for sharing the story and the pictures (unfortunately all the chicken coops around here were torn down years ago :crying:. )