help with my parker
 

i just got a parker double and need some help finding out the grade and maybe the value. gun appears to be in fairly good condition. lock up is very tight. all the blue is gone. damascus barrels with good bores.. any help would be great..

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Your gun is a DH grade and was built in about 1888. According to the Parker Gun Identification and Serialization book it's a 14-bore and left the factory with 30" barrels. If it is indeed a 14-gauge gun, I wouldn't hazard a guess as to its value...I'll leave that to the more informed.

Please post a close up detail pic of the barrel flats.

i think it`s a 12 gauge. thats according to my little brass chamber gauge anyway..

Before attempting to fire 12 ga. ammo in that gun some very meticulous measurements must be taken. The Parker Gun Identification & Serialization book shows it as a 14 ga.
It may be a misprint but don't take that chance.

What a great gun. Check out the chased water table. The stock looks like it has a very unusual amount of drop also. A PGCA letter would add greatly to the value of this gun.

This is a relatively early DH, and the frame water table is hatched. At lot of these early hammerles guns have non rebounding hammers. You can check this by opening and closing the action to cock the hammers; remove the barrels; place a tongue blade or paint paddle against the breech face; pull each trigger. Examine the tongue blade and breech face without touching the top lever. If the hammer noses stand out as far as the dents are deep, it has non rebounding hammers. The hammers will retract when you operate the top lever. Best, Austin

As Dean said the "book" shows your gun to be a DH Grade 14 gauge. If this is the case then you have an extremely rare bird. Order a letter for $60 from PGCA or better yet, join PGCA and get one for $40

Best Regards, George

In the back of Vol. II of The Parker Story is the table of all 14 Ga. Parkers. Mine is at home amnd I'm not so maybne someone else can look it up for you to find out if it is listefd the re as well.

Sorry anout the typos . . . I'm somewhat 'typing - impaired' today.

57793 is in the table of 14-gauge guns on page 1004 of The Parker Story. Says it is a DH-Grade with 30-inch barrels. Great find.

Jim,You have a great gun there..congrats

Romig...Is that physically or mentally...? Maybe you should stay away from anything with a power cord!!!!

Thankfully my Parkers don't have fast-spinning blades and will do what I ask of them . . . unlike my table saw which has a mind of it's own :crying:

According to The Parker Story there were only twelve 14-ga. DH damascus hammerless guns ever built, six of them were produced with 30" barrels.

Chopping off barrel ends again Dean?

LOL
Actually, Bruce, I was trying to make some excelsior-like shavings to mix with wood glue and use as a wood filler for the hollowed-out stock on Kathy's Repro . . .
. . . it's a long story but it had a very short ending . . . :banghead:


It was a calculated risk . . . I simply miscalculated.

thanks guys for the info.. i think your right about the gun being a 14 gauge. a 12 gauge shell will not go into the gun and a 16 gauge sits in very loose. any idea how many 14`s were made or the value.?

Greg above, mentions there only being 12 DH 14 ga. guns made, he got the info from the Parker story. I would think the 14 ga. would add some significant value for some collectors. Bob

With the wear to the skeleton butt plate I would be surprised if the gun were still 14 gauge. Where would one get enough ammo to use the gun that much? David

Replacement buttstock and not D grade. SSBP fitted and probably never had checking.
14 ga very cool though.

Erick

It looks like a G grade buttstock but it has the silver oval. Could be an economical factory job - lift the trigger guard and check the serial number stamped into the wood.

stock is not a replacement.. it is serial numbered to the gun..

There ya go Jim, now get a letter for your Parker. Let's see what else there is to know about it.

Dean

D Grade buttstock may not have had drop points when new or had them sanded off during a refinish. The gun is probably absolutely original. Look at another D Grade in that serial number range to see what the deal is on the drop points. Sir, you should get a PGCA letter as soon as possible to see what the original special features and later modifications were on your great gun.

i sent off for the letter today. i`ll post a copy as soon as i get something back.. thanks again for all the info. jim

got the letter..
 

i posted a pic of the letter from pgca. i`m going to sell the gun.. any ideas on how much it`s worth..thanks , jim

Jim: Don't let anyone fool you. You have an extremely rare Parker & It's worth a bunch. Bring it to the Vintager's at Pintail Point, Easton, MD in the Fall (if you still have it) The boys in the Parker tent can tell you a lot about it while they drool over it.

Best Regards, George

Anyone's guess. Take plenty of pics, put it on the Gun Broker with reserve set to amount what is the gun worth to you and let it roll.