I am in possession of 16 Parkers. Four of them are family guns. Though I shoot some of the non family guns as well as I can shoot, I would let them all go for the other family guns I don't have. One is a DH 12 with Damascus barrels and the other is a DH or DHE 28 gauge (it has been over fourty years since I have seen it).

Harry

I thought I had it yesterday afternoon when my local gun dealer called and told me he had a 20 gauge DHE in that I might like. As I was flying out the door, my wife told me if I liked it, buy it. Now, there is a good woman. When I got to the store--only 7 miles away--I did get to see a 20 gauge DHE. If the gun had been in original condition, I would have bought it in a minute. It did however, have a few problems and it was so sad as originally the gun was a real collectable. It was a damascus 20 on a 1 frame that had been completely refinished, probably by Lefever back in the 60s or 70s. Worse yet, the barrels were cut to 27 1/4" and had been blued after being BOTH monoblocked and sleeved. Why would anyone do both? Makes no sense. The reason I think Lefever did the work was because it was excellent. No buggered screws, no excess polishing of the receiver prior to recasing. The case colors were not Parker, but fairly close. To add further insult, the gun was made in the early 20s with a serial in the 190,000 range. It still would be a fairly nice hunting gun if somebody was willing to use such a creature. Too bad.

Well Bill, a lot of us have "been there" before... too sad about that poor Parker. What a fabulous gun it must have been once upon a time.

"Good woman" is an understatement - Sylvia is a sweetheart!!

Sorry to hear that Bill, because that is exactly the gun I am looking for to complete my collection of D grades the only gun I am missing is a D grade 20 gauge damascus. I would love to display all of the D grades at the annual meeting but without that 20 damacus I can't....:banghead: