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So are we to assume the only thing "HOT" out in Vegas was Bobby Flay's ghost pepper chili???

Depends on what you seek I suppose. This show should have been called the Win. M-21 show in terms of American doubles. Not much to see in the way of other American manufacturers. Can't say for sure how many Parkers were present but if were betting over/under 20 I would take the under. Puglisi was not present, had they been their Parkers would have outnumbered the remainder of the show.

The highest grade hammer gun present was a Grade 5 with 32" Damascus barrels on a 4 frame, 10 bore. The breech face had been machined out which the owner said was factory work in his opinion us supported by a DGL article. It had a replacement forend and was refinished.

The highest grade hammerless present was a BHE, SG, SFE, AE (Disabled), 12 gauge with 30" barrels. This was a DTM refinish in 2003. Nice looking gun.

There may have been other higher grade Parkers but I am doubtful as I walked the floor from Wed. evening setup thru Friday at noon and talked to a lot of folks. Stan put on some floor miles as well. Never saw a single 410, not even an upcoming auction presentation and Lordy were the auction houses ever represented. Some of these folks were new names to me. I did see one 28 gauge, a 28" VH with nothing remarkable about it.

I will post a few pics of a few guns I saw. One I did not get a picture of was a Grade 3 Hammer 10 with 32" Damascus tubes on a dealers table. It was a restock with chambers lengthened to the point of almost erasing the forcing cones. Asking price was a home run, for the dealer that is.

There was 1 Parker hammer gun that made its way into the ownership of a member. I will leave any comments on that one up to the new owner should he choose to share some details.

B Hammer
 

Note the machined face, supposedly to accommodate brass shells per the present custodian. New forend stamped Phenix.

Pin Lifter Ser # 258
 

Note the dead pigeon engraving, kind of cool. Pics probably make this one look a lot stronger than reality. A neat gun none the less.

Grade 3 Hammer
 

Coming up for auction. Don't get excited, barrels had been cut and it was off face. Never looked at it much after the tape measure came out.

Custom VH 20
 

Custom gun, asking 25K but open for offers as so I was told.

Ithaca SBT
 

And lastly for the Ithaca and SBT aficionados. This one had 2 barrels with it which I never really looked over. I told Stan about this one, he might be able to opine on originality about it if he looked at it, not sure if he did or not :corn:

Great report, Randy! Thanks for the photos.

I hope we get to see the one that the unnamed member purchased.:corn: He has pretty good taste...or, hmmm...maybe it's not him(?):)

Great report Randy!

There was a few Parkers, nothing real real exciting. The early lifter with the pigeon and pigeon shooter was intriguing.

There was a few Ithaca shotguns. I could count on 1 hand the amount of Ithaca doubles, even less Fox shotguns.
The 7E Knick was interesting, although I would question the originality of the finishes.

There will be a Grade 4 Lifter arriving in PA later this week possibly, it was for sale for a good while and I was able to strike a deal after some help by Randy on the inspection.
A grade 4 12 with Parker Laminated barrels, hence my interest, I will post some pictures on arrival.

I was fortunate to meet Terry Buffum, (hope my spelling is correct), he is as I understand a Lefever collector from Oregon.

Stan

I like the B grade lifter a lot and would like to see more of it. I would be glad to make 25 thick base shells for the drilled out breech face. The Ithaca Knick has a blued receiver, so I guess "refinished" is a good bet.