My Heart is Pounding!!
 

I just received 58484, 12, DH, Damascus, 30", DT, skeleton, INCREDIBLE 3 dog engraving. Modified xModified. I will eat my hat if the gun has had 500 rounds thru it. Barrels are 95%, 80% Case remaining externally, 100 % in protected areas, not a screw looks turned. There is even faint case color on the skeleton plate. Sone light handling marks on the wood, with buttstock checkering sharp, and forend "almost" sharp. Lever far right, and action sticky new. It is a "1" frame, and weighs 6# 14oz's. Came in a fancy leg-o-mutton with the Baker Gun Company crest on the side.

I knew the photos on the gun looked good, the store in florida posted it on gunbroker at 5:30 in the morning last friday......i called and called til i got him and bought the gun. But now in my hands.....WOW

I am by no means a Parker Expert....is this a "rare bird"? Seems i dont see too many 1 frame older guns. Is the three dog engraving a plus??

Looking forward to all that weigh in...feel like a kid at christmas!

Please post pictures so we can enjoy your find!! Thanks!! Brad

Is there a reasonably easy way to post photos from my IPhone? Any advise appreciated!

congratulations on the new gun - pictures please

its only a few thousands after my early DH 1 frame with three dogs

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14238

do a search on Dogs in the engraving forum to see others

you can start an album here and upload from your phone or upload to photobucket from your phone

I know these are crappy photos....not one of my strong suits.....

Tell me what you think!! Although it will be difficult to bring me down right now!

very nice

Pounding
 

Mark: The only thing I see wrong with it is that it's not mine!:crying: Post some photos of the barrel muzzles. We have many here that can provide info on whether or not they have been cut.
Great find. Now you must join the PGCA to learn more about these fine guns. You should obtain a letter on this one and will save about $60 as a member. Bob

the book says 30 inch barrels so, cut is not a worry

but a letter on a D grade may give you some interesting history

Joined the day i bought the gun last week! I have almost every major American Double maker represented in my collection, but this is only my second Parker, the first one doesnt count as it is a customized 20ga vh. Most of my collection are factory straight stock guns, for which i have an unhealthy fetish. Had this gun been straight stocked, i would be deep in the Turkey 101 already here at the office. This is the first time I bought a gun over "the net" that did not have some degree of "ground shrinkage!", this one is way better than advertised. Just measured the chambers, and they are 2 5/8ths", as i understand it, that is Parkers length for a 2 3/4 shell design?
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OH, i intend to order a letter post-haste. I have lost the skills of sending pieces of paper thru USPS, and for that matter, how to write an actual check! But, i will navigate thse daunting tasks, and get my request in anon.

you can do it online- no paper cuts


http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15747

Ahhhh the section on letters said mail and check only....will search deeper.

Okay, now im gonna hit the turkey for another reason. Tried to ring the tubes (4weight btw), got a thud.....looked closer.....did some tapping around, and inexplicably about 2" of rib is loose starting about 4" back from the business end......i dont kick dogs (especially my Vizsla's), but Lord protect any cat standing around the front door when i walk in this evening!! Still happy......but not as much..

Awesome Mark!! Thanks for showing us this fine example!!...

Mark: Those barrels seem to touch. Are the keels there or is it solder? Photo of the top at the muzzles please. Regardless, this is a great find and fine Parker. I want one like it! Bob

Definitely not cut, book confirms.

Thanks! It will reside for now, next to my "comfy chair" for a couple of weeks, so i cna fondle and memorize...the gun has nice dimensions, and shoulders nicely....will be a real dilemma trying to decide whether or not to shoot it. Any input or opinion on repairing the rib....with only a short piece loose...does the rib need to be totally re-laid, or are there folks that can repair just the popped up part. Incredible to me that even the silver on the triggers is not really worn, or the checkering on the butt.

I will endeavor to take better pics of the engraving....but what strikes me is the realistic expressions on the dogs faces. Oh....thanks again for any input...thirsty for knowledge!

A 1-frame twelve gauge Parker is not at all an unusual gun. After the 1 1/2-frame was introduced around the turn of the century fewer 1-frame 12's were produced but a few were produced through the teens and possibly into the twenties but those would be scarce.
As long as the barrel wall thickness is sufficient I wouldn't hesitate at all to shoot that gun.
The integrity of the rib to barrel solder joint has no bearing on the safe shooting of the gun but I would get it repaired none the less.

Thanks Dean, Kirk Merrington is only a couple of hours from here, so i suspect he will take a look and advise eventually. Enjoying the site a lot as well, you guys have done a great job with it!

Mark, A great looking gun, congrats, the rib is no big deal! do not sweat the small stuff! enjoy that gun, Gary

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Thanks Gary! So far she seems to be getting along with her new kennel mates!

Mark, you could not find a better barrel man then Kirk, you are very lucky to have him so close. The best there is when it comes to barrels IMHO.

Thanks Opening! He does phenomenal work.