I must admit the Richardson BH Parker now is in my care. It's a beautiful thing not high condition but untouched, the way I love to find them. Shot it today and fits like it was made fo me. I drove to Schenectady Wednesday in a snow storm to close the deal. I will bring it to Hausmann's for all to fondle.

Great snag Craig! Bring it to the annual meeting too if you can.

Mills the only difficult task is deciding what to sell in order to keep within my self imposed limit on the number of shotguns I own. It's a little easier for me since my son is happy to accept my excess inventory. :rotf: He graciously accepted a 20ga Fox Sterlingworth to ease my pain. I believe you will be in the same straights in a few years when your boys are a little older. :) Sorry to all for corrupting this thread and getting way off topic.

I don't have a limit yet

Generally my “limit” is governed by available funds :rotf:

Congratulations Craig on your ‘new’ charge! You are amassing quite a nice collection of very fine Parkers to your mixed menagerie of classic side-by-sides.

I really had no isea that article/story was a WTS ad.





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Craig, I was the guy you beat out in the bidding for that gun. Had a deal worked out with the seller outside of the auction process but you put your GB bid in before we could close the auction, and the rest is history. A really nice gun and glad it went to someone who appreciates it.

Don: Steve Borst told me the story. I had been watching the gun on GB all Fall but the pictures were not great so I never made a bid. I was thinking about driving to Schenectady but duck season and the holidays got in the way. Then I get PP and I see the article on the gun and I say to myself I have seen that gun before. The difference was the pictures in PP were clear and sharp. So I went to my computer and put in my bid.

Craig, I did go up to Steve's place and looked at the gun a couple of weeks ago. The dimensions weren't great for me, so I passed. Had second thoughts and you know the rest. That gun has a great stick of wood on it, and the engraving is a little unique in that it only has the single dog head on each side verse the standard two full dogs. Neat gun, my loss and your gain, congratulations.
Don

Parker Pages arrived here on the Washington/Idaho border Friday. Good to have an explanation of the 12A and 12B brass cases. I have found the A and B caveat for brass shells in the 1877 E. Remington & Sons catalog and the 1880, 1882, 1884 and 1885-6 Union Metallic Cartridge Co. catalogs. Here in the 1885-6 --

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By the 1887 Union Metallic Cartridge Co. catalog the A and B caveat is gone.

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