Nice Grade 2 Laminated Lifter
 

Just got this home. A real nice 12 gauge Lifter with 29 7/8" Laminated Steel Barrels(that may be one that was rounded to 30"). Serial# 23,102. It's a heavy gun, barrel weight is 4-14. One of the nicer(if not nicest) guns for me so far.

Look at the Parker Bros. label on the rib. It looks like the engraving/writing usually done on higher grades with Bernard barrels, is that right?

Parker research letter is ordered and I am looking forward to getting to know this one a little better.

Jay

Left side and barrel pictures...

That is a great gun! I don't enjoy being a pain, but could you get some better pictures of the engraving. Maybe outside in the bright shade. Is there a flower on the rib? Enjoy.

Please show the barrel flats - I'll bet there is a P where the barrel steel is stamped.
That is one of the best matched pair of tubes I have ever seen on a Parker with that particular Laminated pattern.

Very few Grade 2 Parkers were made with those Laminated Steel barrels with a total of 210 made and only 91 with 30" in 12 gauge.




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Really nice, Jay

I rushed to post these last night and I have struggling with the lighting/pictures. Dean your right about the barrel flats. There are a few condition issues I'll seek some guidance on latter. Here are some more pictures...

These pics are too big in size, but a few more before I go to work...

Calvin, there isn't a flower on the rib. One more pic...

That is a wonderful gun Jay.

Very nice lifter. Hope the inside of the barrels look as good as the outside.

Thanks Wayne, the bores are very clean as well...like new. One condition issue is two external cracks in the barrels(see below). These are 4-5" up from the forend lug and can't be see from the inside of the barrels. Dean gave me some good advice about having them micro welded, which I will do. The barrels are thick on this gun. I'll post another picture of the muzzle.

Every gun has a few surprises and I think the ones on this gun are fixable...and worth doing...

These are the thickest barrels on any Parker I own...

Mean while back at the ranch. How about some good pictures of floor and side plates.

The P stamped Laminated barrels from that period tended to be thick walled.







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Calvin, I work on some better pictures tonight.

Here is a little better one of the bottom of the receiver. Double click to zoom in a bit...

That is a gorgeous gun. Great find. Hope the seeming bbls cracks aren't serious. They look to be good candidates for micro welding to me.

Here are some more pictures. I think going outside helped a bit...

Here are a few more...

And finally....the DHBP and my attempt at photographing mirror bores...

That is a darn nice gun. Have fun with it.

Those cracks are very strange especially being in both barrels and straight across from each other. I would send them to somebody who specializes in barrels and have the work done.