Late Lifter 12ga. 3-Frame
 

Hello Everyone,

This is my first lifter of the year. A later production 12 gauge lifter with 32” twist barrels on a 3 frame, serial #77463. According to the PGCA letter the weight of the gun is 10lbs. and it is choked 200 pellets in a 24” circle at 45 yards in both barrels.

The gun could use some TLC, all the screws are nice though, the barrels have some pitting, but I have seen worse, and they should clean up some with honing/polishing.

I knew this gun was late for a lifter, but not the latest and spent some time looking through the serialization book. I know there are a few later lifters recorded as hammerless so it is hard to know what is out there. I do think this gun might have the distinction of being the last lifter with a straight stock.

After going through the Serialization book I also found this post about late Lifters: http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=77463

I was excited about this one and it added a new type of lifter to my collection.

Thanks,
Jay

Nice find Jay.

Looks awful nice!

Thanks Mills! I will have a chance to shoot it this weekend. It is a beast of a 12 gauge at 10 pounds. I do think I will have the barrels and stock re-finished at some point.

This is one of a few grade 0 Parkers I just could't resist over the last month or so...

I love those straight stocked hammer guns (and hammerless for that matter!).

I had a chance to shoot this beast of a 12 this morning. It shot very well. with a mix of RSTs, my reloads and some black powder shells. It shot very well with blackpowder shells and made several doubles, which always makes me smile.

I finally got set up to reload in the past few weeks. My 3/4oz. 14.8gr RedDot reloads had hardly any recoil in this gun. I let a few targets really get out there and still got them. A fun morning...

The hammer guns seem to really like the black powder loads. What a great find.

I would not hesitate to shoot modern 1 oz loads or lite trap loads in that gun. I bet the barrel walls are extremely thick.

Mr Oliver,

Great gun!!!!!
Enjoy her and shoot her up.

Please join us for the Spring Southern held at Deep River near Sanford, NC in April.

You and that hammergun would be a great addition to our team. Team Parker could us both your and your guns help.

All my best,

John

John, I would love to go and I have been twice when I lived in North Carolina. I was just getting into Parkers and went to the SxS in 2014 and 2015. Then I moved from North Carolina to Rhode Island. I just can't pull it off anymore between kids and work.

It is a great time and I am hoping I will be able to make that trip again before too long. I enjoyed meeting people from the PGCA and seeing more SxS's than I ever thought possible! I had fun shooting as well of course...

Have fun and I wish I could be there!

Jay

I have found that a lot of Parker hammer guns have really thick barrels. Of course, you should always measure to make sure, but that has been my experience

This one has a fair amount of pitting but given the barrel thickness and the loads I am shooting I was not worried. After I get to know a bit more, I will have the barrels honed and refinished. This is my only 3-frame 12 gauge gun and it is heaver than all but 1 of my other 10 gauges(and that one is only 2 ounces heavier).

I do have one early lifter where the barrels are relatively thin. It is a 1874 lifter I got last year. I had not every seen barrels that thin at the chambers, but this one quickly turned into one of my favorite guns. I take it easy on it with 3/4 oz loads...

I would be careful with honing. I have seen guns ruined by honing.