A late 12 ga Trojan with 28" barrels in very high original condition with about 50% bright colors. Only non original part was a crudely applied recoil pad but the butt was uncut. Dean Romig came to the rescue with a donation of an original Parker Trojan plate which is now perfectly nestled on it. Thanks, Dean!

Well my last one was a hammer gun I picked up yesterday at auction,it's my first Parker hammer...I paid little and I have no idea what I have yet,the pics were lousy:corn:

Everybody should have at least one hammer gun....just because...congrats !
ddp

This 12-ga. 2-frame DH with 30" damascus barrels was a Lewis Class prize gun which I had won at the UP S X S Classic.

In 1901, a fellow by the name of R. L. Sopes of Westfield, MA ordered a DH two-barrel set, #104098. In 1902 he ordered another set of barrels for that gun, thus making a 3-barrel set. Then in 1911, Mr. Sopes ordered a new frame, stock and forend from the factory and had them fit one of those barrel sets to this new frame at a total cost of $37.50. This is that gun, #155290:

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Glad I could help out in a small way Joe.

Best, Dean

The last Parker Bros. I bought was the 2-frame 12-/20-gauge, but it did get restocked by Craig Libhart last year --

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Dave: I do like your stock. what is the length of pull to the front trigger???
David Lien

14 5/8 inch length-of-pull.

Dave Noreen, I examined a Libhart restocked Monte Carlo Parker at the Northeast Shoot. It also was very nice.

1883 D2 10 gauge 30" Hammer Gun
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Wonderful gun Jack!

Yes very nice. More pictures please. ch

I was thinking it will make a good Woodcock gun. I hear they are a good size in the U.P.

A few more pics here

You might want to cut the barrels back about six inches to make a fast handling and effective woodcock gun.

latest
 

look what just took up residence in the " Two-Hole Hotel " # 88661
BH 12 on a 2 frame with fine damascus barrels . ordered the letter as soon as deal was made.

ddp

Dwight the bird engraved on the breech balls is very nice.

Dad no need for the big 10 in dah U.P.eh. You would never be able to swing that thing:rotf:

thanks Rich...i got birds, dogs & deer !!! what a deal.
i've never seen the birds on the bolsters before.
ddp

Dwight that is the classiest 12 I've seen in a while. The engraving and straight grip make it pop.

Real nice gun. Share the PGCA letter with us when you get it.

The engraving motif on your wonderful BH is the same as the one I just sold right down to the breech balls. Only the second one I have seen. The B I just sold was in the 84,000 serial range.Congratulations on a fine Parker.

Dave, you had a bird on your left ball? I wasn't looking. You would have had to point it out. Yours was a great BH.

Yes Bill, The gun is exactly like Dwight's

thanks all, will share the letter as soon as it arrives. i put some more pics in an album if anybody's interested.

ddp

I thought I remembered yours as having a PG stock?

Yes it is. I was talking about the engraving patterns.

is my Dad's 18" VH legal in the U.P.? I can swing but so far not hit anything with that. (I know, not much different than my results with any scatter gun).:)

Jack I do believe that the min barrel length is 18 inches.

Legally it is 16 inches for rifles and 18 inches for shotguns.

Dennis

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i got the letter on 88661 yesterday and am again amazed at some of this stuff. Chuck had to do some seriuos digging to find all this . aparently nobody wanted this gun for years or couldn"t afford a "two-hundred-dollar" gun at the time. hard to believe it sat in inventory at Bostwick's for almost six years before being returned the first time. gun remains identical to specs. thanks for your effort Chuck.

ddp

Yup Dwight, that letter was work! 5 Order Books and 1 stock book. My arms were getting tired from lifting those 20lb Order Books. Maybe I should charge extra if more than 1 book is involved:rolleyes:

Looks like I forgot to put the Stock Book # in the letter. I'll send a corrected letter out to you.

Latest addition to gun safe
 

GH 16 gauge. Bought from a PGCA member

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My last one was a GH 16 on an O frame with 28 inch damascuss bbls. My next one will be a grade 2 16ga hammer gun:)

Didn't you have one of those once?

Yes and I missed it terribly. The new one will have 28 inch bbl.

Grade 2 10ga hammer gun. Havn't taken pictures yet. gun is in nice shape and completly untuched.

I have one coming, sight unseen. I hope my luck is as good as everyone else's on this forum. I usually do OK. We'll see.

one what

DH 12, factory 32 and 28, price reasonable, condition in mystery land. Wish me luck.

GOOD LUCK !!!

my latest is in transit... a CH 12 with Bernards.. going to give a complete rstoration
ddp