Mills struck again ! I have an Grade 0 10 gauge 4 frame 34” coming :cool:

Well, I swore to myself that I wouldnt buy any guns this year until I had performd some serious “fleet maintenance”!!

But, a little tiny angel on my shoulder, that looked suspiciously like Mills, whispering “buy it, buy it now!” in my ear just made me push the buy it now button on a Philly Fox 20 Sterlingworth “Brush”, when it gets here I will post pics in Mills “Quail Guns” thread....

Mills, you my sir are a badd influence!

Always happy to be of assistance!:cheers:

Ok I’m on hold for the year ! Well unless I can find a Grade 2 top lever 2 frame 30” 10 gauge or a Grade 2 top lever 4 frame 10 gauge or a Grade 2 top lever 5 frame 10 gauge (actually any grade of a 5 frame) or an EH 26” or an EH 24” :rotf::rotf:

Ha. You're not on hold, sounds more like you're on pause to me. Just sayin :)

Need to replenish the bank a bit first :rotf:

Time to start preparing for my months vacation in July/August to the Philippines . My grandson likes toys and eating out A LOT . Nah he's not spoiled at all when Ampah is there !!!!!

Mills, your bad influence continues to infect me!! A gun dealer that I have made some good deals with in the past, “twisted my arm”, and sold me a VERY late Meridan VH-12 bore. It shows really light 3# 9oz barrels, but an atrocious after market beavertail and a cut butt with a gorgeous petrified white line pad over an obviously cut down butt. Barrels and action and iron in like 85% condition...bought it cheap, part it or sell it?.

Find out how well it shoots before deciding what to do with it

Restock it. In 58 years of Parker buying, I have never parted out a Parker. I have always added parts to an orphan to make it good.

Gun not in hand yet, but looks like it might be in decent condition other than the wood....maybe ill start looking for orphan wood.

New fore end needed for sure

Well I got a semi expensive lesson today ! Bought a gun from the Rock Island Auction and it showed up today . I should have asked more questions ! The stock isn’t original , the upper grip tang is a bit different and the first two inches of the rib at the muzzle end are loose . A bit disappointed but I can’t blame anyone but myself for not asking more .

That stinks.

That’s certainly a case of live and learn :shock: I set it aside for now , I’ll eventually send it to Merrington or someone and have the rib relaid . Think I have a line already on a pair of Parker hammers and hammer screws . But the upper tang not much can be done and no need looking for an original stock the same frame size . Amazingly the barrels still ring relatively well and they look very nice on the inside but I’d bet they’ve been polished at some point .

It needs to be tightened a bit . I’ll shoot it on paper atleast with buckshot before I worry about re laying the rib and perhaps plunk a deer next season . So now I have a hammer gun to fix a broken hammer retaining screw , another hammer gun to address a couple stock cracks and this new set of uh problems LOL’s . Took care of a dented twist steel muzzle dent earlier today and manipulated a set of scope bases on a Mannlicher Schoenauer. Looks like I get two issues resolved a half dozen more come into view !

Most of us have been there including me and about everyone I know It seems the older I get the less desire I have to buy a gun that I have not held in my own hands. Not that I won't do it mind you. I don't care how many questions you ask there's no substitute for holding it yourself especially if you plan on keeping it. Good luck with the repairs Craig...

Sorry to hear that Craig, been there and done that myself :banghead: That's why it's so nice to be able to have it in hand or have a friend at the auction that can look over the gun for you. I got burned once on a DHE Damascus that the auction house said had 30 thousandths wall thickness and it had 15 thousandths in the one barrel :eek:

Tis the season

My Rock Island oversight/mistake .

Un struck weight is 6/15 incidentally .

It could be worse

You are 100% correct . It’ll be okay it’ll just take a bit to get over the initial let down :rolleyes:

On a positive note a fellow I’ve done business with before tells me he has a wooden box with a bunch of Parker parts inside , hammers screws etc . Including a top lever hammer gun only missing the barrels . Supposed to send me pics and price soon . Now if the good lords willing the creek don’t rise and I follow my diet , that box of stuff might just have several pieces to get this 4 frame gun back on the right track :whistle:

I have my eye on two items in a local auction this weekend . An S&W 19-3 2 1/2” and a Remington 700 ADL 270 of 1962 or 63 vintage . It’s the first checkerung pattern ADL and the squared safety button . 270 needs a reblue but I’m looking at it as a donor to build a 6mm-06 with 1:8 twist so I can shoot Berger 105 and 115 VLD’s . The 19-3 I would like to have because it’s a pinned barrel gun with a recessed cylinder and it’s a match for the 19-3 4” I already own . For some innate reason I’ve recently become enamored with 19’s and 29’s provided they’re pinned and recessed .

And Remington hammers too...





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Craig, you didn't show us pictures of the problem upper tang. The other problems are a piece of cake. The big beavertail on TX's VH may not be a problem either. I gave a Super Fox with a bigger beavertail than that one to a friend and he found a wonderful splinter forend buried in the beavertail, did a wonderful job of carving it to shape and recheckering it in the factory Fox pattern. Even the latch assembly fell into place.

Relaying the rib while possibly being easy for someone that does it is not an inexpensive proposition . A stock without a factory stamped correct serial number is also a big problem to me .

Shot it a couple times with 000 buck at 25 yards .

What I “assume” is an incorrect upper tang .

And last but most surely not the least . The screwed up top rib :eek:

The barrels actually ring relatively well even though the first two to three inches at the muzzle have popped up a skoosh . But I also assume they can’t just fix that but need to relay the whole damn thing .

My money's on that rib being the reason it's patterning low...:eek:





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Whatcha talking about that’s prime trap elevation rib NOT :rolleyes::rotf:

The barrels of the 4 frame left today to hopefully be fixed . Ordered a set of hammers yesterday as well . Also the fellow that’s doing the rib work on the 4 frame barrels is going to refresh the barrels on my DH 10 .

Very cool and keep us posted. I have lost count of how many 10 gauges I have. Wasn't planning to get any this year, but then a VH 10 fell in my lap

Received a text from my barrel guy that the ribs done on my 4 frame !

I need a 5 frame now. All in good time

You and me both :cool: A second grade 2 four frame would be nice as well !

And I thought I was nuts, you two have me beat no way to keep up . Who is relaying the ribs on the 5 frame.

It’s a 4 frame actually . Fellow by the name of Breck Gorman he’s between where I live and Richmond VA about thirty to forty miles away . He’s a Parker person as well .