The usefulness of the rounded butt probably depends on a person's chest thickness. Works fine for me.

Yes, it's one of mine.

Bill, when I owned the Mellman gun, I found that Mr Mellman shot at the Kearney and Grand Island, Nebraska, gun clubs. Grand Island was more populous and on the Platte River, then said to be a mile wide, with interbraided channels, full of islands, and as much of a waterfowl hunting area as the well known eastern seaboard and California central valley areas. Many nice Parkers were sold into the area.

No Mellmans are left in the immediate area that I could find. Mr Mellman owned several Parkers and had his name engraved on the barrels.

The area was and remains prime ground for upland bird hunting. A certain little D grade top lever hammer 20ga that you saw recently came from there. Farmers used to pick up eastern hunters at the Union Pacific railroad station and drive them around the prairies in horse drawn wagons while shooting prairie grouse.

Bill my DHE Trap was built between 28 & 29 as the serial number is 230XXX. No record books for this serial number range I'm told.

There is some information on 230,000 series numbers out there. Order book #101 has some 230,000 series numbers, the list of build card numbers includes some, and the Griffin and Howe research files probably include some. None of these sources would be included in the Serialization Book data. Post the number and I'll look them up for you.

I sent for a research letter on the CHE Trap that I won 230XXX and Mark said there were no surviving records available to the PGCA but I never checked with Bob on the number. Where's that A&F listing of Parker numbers that G&H has? I thought it was an attachment to this website somewhere...

Here ya go Dean...

http://www.griffinhowe.com/Research-...al.cfm?make=34
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Yeah, click on the "research" link. When you get to the "research" link, don't click in your specific serial number. I have clicked in numbers that come up blank, yet the number appears on the lists. The lists are TWO in number, the new gun list and the used gun list. Scroll down so you can read both. Your gun could appear on either list. Remember, don't trust the computer to locate your number, read the lists.

Thanks Chris and Bill, the number isn't in those records either.
No big deal - it's not my gun anymore...

Bill the serial number is 230177.

Thanks:)

Bruce's post made me go looking for these.


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