And I wonder what those two holes or center punch marks next to the trigger might be....?






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Hard to say. If the gun would have been a few hours drive from me I would certainly have gone an taken a look. This is the kind of thing you need to hold in your hands and take barrel measurements etc. If the wood (which certainly seemed like it had good figure) was salvageable and the barrels were good you might have been able to do something without being too deep into the gun. There are guys like Glen Fewless and others who can microweld just about anything. Gournet could have recut the engraving on the floor plate, etc. etc. You might have something for an all in total of 5K. However, if the barrels were trashed and the stock couldn't be made to work and you had to restock it, then your 5K investment heads north of 10K pretty darn fast. Just too much of a risk IMO.

It will turn up at some point I'm sure. Be interesting to see if the ugly neglected Swan with dynamite breeding can be turned into something pretty special.

I hope it does turn back up at some point and I hope they give me a call or PM me when she does turn up.

A PGCA letter may add some interest about this gun. However, I guess we will get no help from our Research Committee, regardless of our promise to "assist with the knowledge of Parker Brothers and the Parker shotgun". Those weren't the exact words, but you get the idea.

Wtf is that about Bill???

If the owner of the gun sends for a letter, i am sure he/she will get one.

I agree with Brian. If I sent info on my parker serial number here for a letter I certainly would not my info, phone, address or anthing else given to anyone on this site or otherwise without my permission.

While I agree with Brian and Harry, that the 'Research Committee" shouldn't be jumping into every thread with historical info, I'm not sure that "Wtf is that about....." is the appropriate way of disagreeing with another poster's comment.

Would you rather me spell it out Edgar?

Well, The way I see it you could have done that through a PM. If you felt that strongly about it. I agree that Chuck shouldn't be expected to put out info on every gun that is discussed here. But those of us that know Bill know that this was Bill's way of doing things.

Bill, as you know, you don't have to own the gun to order a letter. Fill out the form and send me a check. I'll send you the research letter and you can post it on this forum. OPPS, I forgot, you don't know how to do that but you have no problem asking others to post their info for you to see. Nuff said!