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James Palmer 02-25-2020 12:58 PM

Upgrades...
 
Are there any threads discussing upgrades?

I have never paid much attention to them but will be looking at a few next week and wanted to get some color, background, etc.

Thanks in advance.

James

Bill Murphy 02-25-2020 01:12 PM

Search Julia's completed auctions with the search term "del grego" "runge" or "upgrade".

Randy G Roberts 02-25-2020 01:45 PM

You can also search the threads here under "Upgrades" and some will pop up. If you search under "Washburn" an upgrade that I posted on should pop up.

Ken Hill 02-25-2020 02:06 PM

Here's a thread on pachmayr upgrades. http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20781

Ken

Dean Romig 02-25-2020 02:20 PM

I’ll add Pachmayr to the list of names who did/do upgrades. Maybe someone will describe their work as customs rather than upgrades - nonetheless, they are striking.





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John Campbell 02-25-2020 03:59 PM

I'd stop into Pachmayr's every so often back in the '70s when I was out in LA for work. They had some incredible "AAHEs" that started out as VHEs. Any Parker fan would be proud to own a Pachmayr upgrade!

Russ Jackson 02-26-2020 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by James Palmer (Post 294481)
Are there any threads discussing upgrades?

I have never paid much attention to them but will be looking at a few next week and wanted to get some color, background, etc.

Thanks in advance.

James

Hello James , If you would like ,you could go to my Home Page and take a look at my DelGrego ,Runge BHE ,Engraved 410 Upgrade ! Or go to Guns International and take a look at her ! At the moment Chuck Brunner has it listed for me For Sale " Greene's Guns "! It is an absolutely Beautiful Upgrade and it is signed by Robert Runge in the Engraving that encompasses the bottom of the Receiver ! It is Initialed in the Stock Oval " WOO " ,this is one of the many of " Otis Odums " famous upgraded guns ! I took it up to Larry Del Grego to take a look at it and he wrote a short letter on it that it is in fact one of their guns ! I carry it once a year and hunt Preserve Pheasants with it , any time I mention this I get lectured on ethics but these little guns are sure fire killers on short pointed preserve birds and kill very humanely in this environment !

James Palmer 02-26-2020 12:21 PM

Just curious ...what is the background on the Otis Odum guns?

I’m sure it’s discussed in some other thread...

J

John Davis 02-26-2020 01:09 PM

Otis Odom lived in Sycamore, Ga., and made a bunch of money growing turnips. He loved Parkers and fancied the Remington era guns. He didn't hunt or shoot, just collected. He also liked to upgrade them. He was very close with the Delgrego's. He also collected Dresden (sp?) china and taxidermy animals. Every other word out of his mouth had four letters and he had at one time one of the largest collections of Parkers in the country.

Russ Jackson 02-26-2020 04:17 PM

I had never had the pleasure of meeting him but I understand he was a very nice Gentleman and had a Wonderful collections of Parker's and was very particular about his Upgraded Small Bores ! Thank You John for the reply ,sounds as if you knew him well ! A while back there was a Story in P.P. about him as well if I recall correctly but I can't seem to locate it !

Dean Romig 02-26-2020 04:26 PM

I just searched the PP Digital Archives and found nothing for Otis Odom.





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Jack Kuzepski 02-26-2020 05:10 PM

There was an article in DGJ a few years back by (I think) Art Wheaton about Otis's last deal on a 16 ga GH grade.

Jack

Russ Jackson 02-26-2020 05:24 PM

Our Parker Pages Magazine isn't much different than DGJ ! The Parker articles are always the High Lights for me any way !

Milton C Starr 02-26-2020 05:30 PM

Speaking of upgrades I wonder what the general consensus on that Invincible upgrade is , thats on GI .

Dean Romig 02-26-2020 05:30 PM

That’s a huge compliment to our authors Russ. I thank you for them Sir.





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Dean Romig 02-26-2020 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Milton C Starr (Post 294578)
Speaking of upgrades I wonder what the general consensus on that Invincible upgrade is , thats on GI .


Imitation, regardless of perfection, is the highest form of flattery.





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Milton C Starr 02-26-2020 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig (Post 294580)
Imitation, regardless of perfection, is the highest form of flattery.





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Well I can see it being understandable because its highly unlikely most Parker collectors would come into possession of one of the originals .

Personally I love seeing Parkers in the configuration the original owner ordered them as when it comes to the more uncommon ones .

Russ Jackson 02-26-2020 06:06 PM

Just speaking for myself , the idea of ever owning an original High Grade Parker 410 is totally out of reality for me , I would have as much trouble locating one as I would have trying to figure out how in the world I would ever pay for it ! I have owned my 410 for better than ten years and have enjoyed it immensely ! I have carried it many ,many times for Woodcock ,Grouse and as previously mentioned ,once a year for Pen Raised Pheasant ! It is an Original Parker 410 Ejector Gun with Engraving from one of the Best factory Engravers and truly is a Joy to Behold ! It is time for it to find a New Caretaker but if it doesn't , it won't Break my Heart either ! I would recommend one to any one who loves Parker Guns !

Milton C Starr 02-26-2020 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Russ Jackson (Post 294583)
Just speaking for myself , the idea of ever owning an original High Grade Parker 410 is totally out of reality for me , I would have as much trouble locating one as I would have trying to figure out how in the world I would ever pay for it ! I have owned my 410 for better than ten years and have enjoyed it immensely ! I have carried it many ,many times for Woodcock ,Grouse and as previously mentioned ,once a year for Pen Raised Pheasant ! It is an Original Parker 410 Ejector Gun with Engraving from one of the Best factory Engravers and truly is a Joy to Behold ! It is time for it to find a New Caretaker but if it doesn't , it won't Break my Heart either ! I would recommend one to any one who loves Parker Guns !

I have wondered if people sometimes buy project Parker guns to rebuild them to be a configuration that normal would be almost impossible to find on the market .

James Palmer 03-27-2020 09:34 PM

Bored at home...
 
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About to start my third week of “shelter at home” out here in CA and going crazy so thought I would take some pics of latest acquisition. This is a 20 ga with 28 inch barrels choked Mod and Full that started as a a vhe single trigger BVTL gun. Now an upgrade to an A1S. It came with a 28 ga A1S upgrade as well. I normally pay no attention to these but they were very close and reasonably priced.

I believe almost no use since the work was done.

Enjoy.

J

Dean Romig 03-28-2020 05:59 AM

The engraving is wonderful... Runge?

...and the mullered borders are perfection as well.





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James Palmer 03-28-2020 06:14 AM

No signature anywhere...

Randy G Roberts 03-28-2020 06:37 AM

Very nice. Note the trigger and barrel selector engraving. Congrats!!

Kevin McCormack 03-28-2020 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Kuzepski (Post 294575)
There was an article in DGJ a few years back by (I think) Art Wheaton about Otis's last deal on a 16 ga GH grade.

Jack

The article appeared in the Spring 2015 DGJ, Volume 25, Issue 1.

Kevin McCormack 03-28-2020 10:19 AM

If you use the Search function and enter Odis Odom (his name is universally misspelled; it it spelled Odis, not Otis), you will pull up a couple of threads. The 8-1-2016 "Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Hunting" thread's last page contains 2 posts I made regarding Odis' back story, so to speak, and the last post on the thread is mine, answering Jim Thynne's queries as to the disposition of actor Robert Stack's Parker Guns.

Bill Murphy 03-28-2020 10:22 AM

Milton asked about upgrades in configurations that are unheard of or very rare in an original Parker. Of course, A-1 Special and AAHE .410s are in that category. Shelley Gitman had a SAA single upgrade, Runge engraved. The Parker Story says only one original was made. I know of only two SAA upgrades and I am lucky enough to own Shelley's SAA.


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