EH 10 gauge #3 32"
 

Well it appears I've bought a Parker EH #3 frame 32" gun !

Funds should be to the seller by wednesday and hopefully the gun will be to me by next monday .

This one I am quite sure is not in as nice condition as my EH #2 frame but thats just fine as long as the guns solid .

Good for you. If it is the one I saw on Gunsinternational (I think) that is a good buy.

Thanks !

I thought so as well provided it is as the guy claims .

The hole in the stock bothers me a bit but I think Mr. Patton can straighten that out easily enough .

I'll be interested to hear what it looks like

I asked him for better pics a month ago and never got them

if it is solid - that was a good buy

You never know what you are going to get on these online gun sites. I have got some real junkers, but also got some real diamonds in the rough.

I've been talking to this guy on and off ever since he listed that gun and had tried to buy it before I got my #2 frame gun at about $200 more then what I gave him this time .

And I hope this thing is choked tighter then the hinges of H..E..L..L well as long as it's safe for Bismuth that is :rotf:

The gun serial numbers to 1899 actually and it's in a group of I believe ten EH guns .

The supply problems for low pressure non-tox ammo is a real pain for us owners of these old waterfowl guns.

yes - he only gave the first three of the serial number- the last two had to be in the 60's

The last two are in the teens .

Originally when he listed this gun he told me it was a #2 frame but he also told me he couldn't get the for end off . When I talked to him today he said they had fixed/replaced the spring that caused the problem and yes it was a #3 .

then something is odd - he told me the serial was 911xx

in the book 91110 to 91120 are 12's not 10s except for 91117 - which list as 30 inches, i could not read the serial number in the pics

BTW- he emailed me back in August that it was a 3 frame


I am not putting it down, I looked at it again last week and almost called- i hope you got a good one- you can tell me "told ya so" :rotf:

unless we are talking a different gun- the one I looked at was there first thing this morning but gone after you posted.

He told me the number I looked in the book and whatever the number was there were several together I think maybe ten of them listed as 10 gauge . I was thinking the number was 91,116 but my memory isn't what it once was !

Must have been in the 91,162-91,169 group . Because whatever he told me a couple months ago was correct with the book . Have you seen or heard of many EH guns be it #2 or #3 frame guns that had 28" barrels ?

The one I got or am getting has what appears to be a home made sling swivel in the under rib of the barrels and a hole in the stock where "I assume" a swivel stud pulled out . Also said it had a chip missing from the toe . The fellows in Jersey .

That's the one

Some not so great pics !

I hope the guy has less then stellar photography ability and the gun looks better in real life LOL's !

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The main two things that bother me on this one !

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thanks- the right side is not too bad- the engraving did not show in the GI posts and it looked like a piece was missing at the stock head on the right side, those were my questions to him, never got an answer

IF the bores are VG as he said - i think you did good- but I think what you see is what you get- still a deal at that price

I'm thinking I might see if Professor Patton can fix the hole in the stock and try to make it as unnoticeable as possible . But then I might after he does that put a stud of some type back . And if I decide against a stud I'll have to get the holes plugged in the under rib .

I started casing the serial number book a little while ago starting in 1889 looking for 10 gauge guns with 28" or 26" barrels . Before I stopped I found something like 42 of the 28" and 3 of the 26" . I failed to see how many EH guns .

Of the ones I counted I think there was in one place a group of 28" top lever guns something like 10 or 12 in the group .

A #2 frame top lever and a 28" EH would be nice to add . To say nothing of a #4 Grade 2 top lever !

It appears to have a sling attachment on the barrel. So the hole in the stock may have been for a sling. The little 20 gauge hammer gun I had in Italy 40+ years ago had sling attachments and I loved the configuration.

I have a 16 Kerner with swivels thats okay . But this Parker I'm about 200% sure didn't leave the factory that way .

The barrel swivel stud in the pics doesn't look terribly bad but I betcha the one in the stock was a plain old Uncle Mike's swivel stud . I may get a set of the Jerry Miller two screws swivel stud bases . Then plug the hole and inlet a place for the two screw stud base .

Or and highly more likely I'll get Professor Patton to take care of the hole in the buttstock and I'll plug the two holes in the under rib myself .

Well the seller got my certified funds today along with my UPS insured shipping label . He sent me a message that UPS would have it today . So coming from New Jersey to Virginia I should receive it Friday .

By using the UPS tracking number I ascertained that the gun "should be" delivered Friday !

The Parker arrived today . And to be honest it exceeded what I was expecting by a good bit !

The bores in this thing are like mirrors , the barrel rang true when I tapped them , all the pertitnent places had matching serial numbers and the gun locks up tight and on face . I think the stock had been refinished or finish added .

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Wow! That is nice. :shock:

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A small chip in the toe !

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The swivel stud issues !


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Good buy Craig

So. Did the serial number end in the 60's

EH and NH Parkers are great working guns. I know several of us on here who own and shoot them. You see photos of A grades and high condition Parkers in museums. You see photos of EH and NH's in duck boats.

Yes 63 .

He had told me the number a few months back and for some reason 91116 kept popping in my head .

Well I now have an EH #2 with 30" barrels and this EH #3 with 32" barrels .

I looked thru the serial number book looking for hammerless 28" 10 gauge guns and found more listed then I expected . Anyway I'll keep eyes open for one of them also hopefully EH grade .

While I was looking for the 28" guns I also watched for 26" and 24" . I found very few hammerless 10 gauge in 26" or 24" but there were a few .

Most of the small action screws are buggered a bit , there's a chip missing from the toe , the home made swivel stud on the barrel and the swivel stud in the butt stock small things that'll get fixed over time !

I wanna try it on the pattern board with #1 Bismuth monday from 40 yards and perhaps with some buckshot handloads on paper .

Hmmm on my postal scale this thing weighs 8 pounds 12 ounces . I think it's a shade lighter then my #2 frame gun with shorter barrels :shock:

he said just over 8 1/2 pounds

what is the stamped barrel weight

5 pounds 1 ounce !

Monday morning weather permitting I plan on trying this new to me Parker with handloaded #1 Bismuth on the pattern board . And then try hanloaded 000 , 00 , 0 , 1 and 2 buckshot all buffered but shoot these on paper at 25 yards the Bismuth I'll try at 40 yards .

Shot #1 Bismuth loads at 40 yards !

New Remington hulls cut to 2 7/8" , 1 1/4 ounces Bismuth #1 , REM SP-10 wad , 30 grains SR7625 and a CCI209 primer shot at 40 yards !

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Guess it will kill a deer. By the way, my #2 frame DH ten has 27" original Damascus barrels. It weighs about 7 1/2 pounds. According to The Parker Story, it's one of three.