NH and EH
 

I thought I would post some pictures of my newly acquired NH 32". The NH came to me when I was looking for a set of barrels for my EH which had the barrels destroyed. A member of the forum kindly offered to sell me the NH while looking for the barrels of the EH. I ,being a lover of big bores, and grade 1 guns could not oppose. Then providence occurred, while looking through the ebay pages a set of 10 gauge Damascus barrels came up for sale with 30'' barrels. Exactly like the ones that were destroyed on my EH. Even more amazing on the same exact day a set of Lefever DS 20 gauge barrels were also listed on ebay. I have been looking for 3 years for those barrels for a friend, but that is another story. I digress, I really love the NH and EH guns and if I had not already exceeded my gun budget this year by 4 times, sadly I did not even manage to make it through January Thanks to the Las Vegas Antique arms show, I would have already sent the EH off to be restored. If you have an EH or NH please post photos.

As you can see the barrels will need some fitting on the EH.

The only hammerless 10 gauge Parker I own is this circa 1889 EH , I've owned it since February or March of this year .

Gun's a #2 frame with 30" barrels .

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I want another EH with 32" barrels now . I would prefer it on a #3 frame but a #2 would be fine as well .

Craig what does your Hun weigh? Are the bbls uncut? I love the engraving and the 2 frame

I love the early GH engraving too. Brian Dudley just restocked my early GH 12 gauge and it looks great.

I assume they're uncut the box is at the end and the seriel number book says 30" .

To be honest I've forgotten what it weighed but seems to me it was in the 9 poundish area .

I have a 12 gauge GH with a skeleton buttplate that was made in 1891 and it has the circular GH engraving . I also have a 16 gauge GH in the safe but I cannot remember whether it's the early style or the later stuff .

The Virginia Vintagers are having a Sporting Clays shoot at the Flying Rabbit in Harrisonburg VA this Saturday . I am debating whether to take this gun or my little AH Fox A Grade 16 gauge . The 10's a good bit heavier as well as 100 rounds of ammo , also the 16 gauge stuff is already loaded and I do not have any 10 gauge stuff loaded :whistle:

Here are my EH and PH

Both of these are 2 frames

my EH 1889 2 frame, 30 inch barreled 10 is 8 3/4 lbs,

That's a nice, light 10 gauge.

Thanks for all the pic's, beautiful guns and some great wood on them as well. I really like the old engraving. Do you think there is a weight limit on how many Parkers can be put with you in your casket? We are going to need them when we find all those passenger pigeons we have been missing.

How many guns in a casket
 

Alfred,
Get rugged pallbearers, no limit. Better yet build your casket now to your specs with beefy reinforcement and compartments for guns. This will save your family the anxiety of having to dispose of your guns.
Erick

Craig, please, what do you mean by "circular GH engraving" ??

Eldon, congratulations on finding a set of barrels for your big ten. When I added a BH ten with 18" barrels to my collection, I went on a similar search. I bought more than one low condition EH gun to try to get a set of barrels for the BH, which was a Worlds Fair gun and well worth the search. I did find an EH with barrels that fit on the gun without making them unsuitable for the original EH. As an afterthought, I dragged out a set of #3 frame Titanic ten gauge barrels that I had owned for several years. They fit the B Grade like they were made for it. "The luck of the Irish". Now the B Grade is patiently waiting for a trip to the stockmaker. Unfortunately, it is fitted with a stock made by a corner gunsmith.

Those old Parker guns have some really nice old style engraving and just look at the checkering and wood on that EH and that is one bad looking dog on that butt plate. I have gone back to original condition pieces, the character and scars from days afield will stay as they are. As they say, these old guns harbor old men's souls, we are priviledged to be the caretakers for the next generation.