Harry

Are those two regular laminate or Parker laminate? The pictures are too small for me to see with any degree of certainty. I am guessing the former but may be wrong. I believe 1881 would be a good time to have procured a Parker laminate.

Dear Harry Collins,

Your guns are absolutely beautiful—stunning pieces, and the pictures capture them so well. I really like the gear too. I never imagined PB 50842 could look that amazing, but if the Alaska 10 gauge can be brought back to that kind of condition, I’d love to know how it’s done.

Thank you for your note—it’s a real pleasure connecting with you here.

Warm regards,
Neal

Parker Bros. produced their own Laminated Steel barrels in latter 1877, 1878 and early 1879.





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Both Lifters have Twist Steel barrels. I will try to post a photo of laminated barrels on a Birmingham 14 gauge precussion shotgun. They failed to post. I'll try again.

http://i.imgur.com/QYZAm9Oh.jpg

Yet another 1887 Parker hammer. This one is not a museum piece either. Twist steel, 1 frame.

The fellow I got it from is a member here. He used it to take a nice turkey last Spring.

These guns are quite well-made (even in the entry level grades) & are uniquely American tools, to be used in the art of "shooting flying" (or even for home defense, I suppose).

I prefer the former.