if you go to the home page, on the left you will see a link for Parker Grades-

scroll down about 3/4 and you'll see the 0 grade - there are links under the description for top lever picture

also - lower grade Parkers would have twist barrels not damascus -

think candy stripe not curls in the pattern

Oh, now the gun is not only not in the poster's possession, it is missing from the owners possession. I own the last production hammer gun, 172,662, as I recall, made in 1917. The later oddball hammer guns, made from leftover parts, five as I recall, are Twist guns.

No he has it, it's a matter of him locating it. Mail has been delivered there for the last 30 plus years since the owner's wife died and it gets piled up and not thrown out, so it's a matter of what it's behind or hidden. Bit of a hoarding situation there. Now that I look at the grades, it's a Grade 0 probably from what I recall. I forgot that there was no hammer V Grade. VH meant hammerless so I reasoned without researching that V meant with hammer. I stated Damascus, but now it's probably twist. Nearly 100% certain this hammer gun was made in 1926 so ideally it's one of the 5 made up from leftover parts. Odds are it's not.

Are the serial numbers and production dates for the 5 oddball hammer guns made up from leftover parts known?

Yes, they are known serial numbers.

And they are? And years of production. Thanks!

And the serial number of your gun in question is???

Still waiting for this Parker to surface. It's there somewhere but it's not a priority of the owner to locate it.

I think this thread is dead.

Well, what can I say...

I saw the gun several years ago and have much experience with other makes, blued vs reblued, replaced parts, etc. His price was sky high then. Might be more realistic now.

But, when one is an octogenarian and one wakes up noonish and the big concern is "breakfast", then cigars and beer at the VFW or gun club until last call, locating a firearm amongst tons of debris might not be one's first priority.

It WILL surface, not sure when now that the weather is cold.