2 bbl sets
 

Is there a rule of thumb about what percent of value a 2nd set of bbls adds to a gun? Either ones that were made when gun was ordered or ones that were made later by Parker or Remington.

Hello Gordon, if they can be documented as original to the gun as it left Parker Bros. IMHO they probably add another 25% - 35% to the value of the gun. If it can be documented that the second set was made for the gun at a later date by Parker. Bros., again IMHO, then maybe they will increase the value by 15% - 20%... maybe a bit more.
It would be difficult, if even possible, to be able to document such a thing from Remington records.

I agree with Dean,especially on the guns that come from Parker with a second barrel. As Austin has documented, they are fairly rare and a lot of two barrel sets have "lost" the second barrel.
David

I have 3 two barrel sets. GH, PH, and a Trojan. All12 ga.

Hello Ed, do they all letter as such?

I have had several two bbl sets a GHE 12 skeet/trap set, GHE 20 and a GHE 16 skt/trap. I know they all lettered with the second set of bbls. To me the second set doesn't add that much as for me I usually use only one set. The 16 has had the trap bbls on it only once in the two years I have had it.

Two Barrel Sets
 

I usually stay away from appraisals, as per my "oath of office" but I will offer some guidance here.

About 15 years ago I found a CH two barrel, two gauge, two grade set. I thought that I had the most difficult set to find so I began seeking two barrel set guns. I soon found an interesting GH that had a full pound difference in weight( 30 vs 28) but had precisely the same balance point.

The next was a big surprise; I bought a lifter that appeared to be an early live bird gun from a major dealer. There was no mention of a second set of barrels in the ad or on the phone call. When I opened the box there were two barrel sets of same length and weight.

I paid a premium for a two gauge two barrel DH from an ad in Gun List 10+ years ago.

I found a dandy two barrel set G lifter at Baltimore about 7 years ago.

Altogether I had grade 1, 2GH , 2, 3DH and 4CH two barrel sets. Two were two gauge sets, and two were two grade sets.

The DH two gauge set was the only two barrel set that I paid a premium in price. This premium was associated with the 10 ga barrel, which appearred to never have been mounted or fired. When PGCA research letters became available I found that the 10 gauge barrel was the original; the 12 ga barrel was fitted, and the 10 ga barrel rebrownd about 5 years after the gun was originally delivered.
The serialization shows original two barrel sets but can only show 1 barrel length, grade and gauge. The CH is a two gauge, two grade(B4 D4) set. The serialization showed the D4 length for the B4 barrel.
If I follow the philosphies presented on this forum correctly, most prospective buyers will walk past a a 2 barrel set because it cannot be instantly verified as original. I would be very careful in paying a premium for a two barrel set, as only a small number of collectors will risk purchase of two barrel set that cannot be instantly verified from the serialization.

Best, Austin

I have never seen or heard of a Parker sold as "the price is $XXXXX and that includes a XX% premium because of the second set of barrels. Had this gun only one set of barrels the price would only have been $xxxxx."

I know very knowledgable collectors who have (documented) two-barrel-set Parkers who would not have paid what they did had those guns had only one set of barrels and as I have stated, I would certainly expect to pay a premium for a multiple barrel set both for the versatility of the gun if it is purchased as a shooter and for its rarity if purchased solely as a gun for the collection.

Dean, I have to agree with you and the percentage that you quoted, I think that you are in the ballpark with those numbers.

Dean-Bring your check book to Hausmanns. The Hollywood gun letters with two sets of 28 inch vent rib barrels with BTF choked skt in skt out and M/F.
And its a 16ga..extra premium for a small bore:rotf: