Found the lost bh
 

Hey yall! So I'm a new member this year, I know somewhat about the parker shotguns but there's alot I don't know! But I want too learn everything I can my grandfather was a parker enthusiast! Unfortunately he passed when I was young, I recently started cleaning his house and stumbled upon a bh 12 Damascus that nobody knew about! But unfortunately the barrels has bad rust damage, what's the best way too get the rust off? I will post pictures soon

Send it to a Professional barrel person .

Any recommendations

That is quite a find.

Lost BH
 

You need to post good pics, to get good advise. What a find. M

Breck Gorman’s done excellent work for me .

It was a great find just wish it was in better shape tho!

By the serial number it's 1893

Wow. I only find dirt when I clean the house. Your grandfather had excellent taste. Congratulations to you!

Contact the guy who posted right above me. You will not be sorry.

Neat gun, it appears the barrels are now steel? A letter would be interesting to see if they were a factory replacement.

The gun appears to be a well used and neglected, but overall unmolested example. It is in a great configuration. The whole gun I am sure could benefit from a cleaning and freshening up. At very least, the rust on the barrels can be removed and neutralized with oil and a frontier pad. Anything more than that would require complete refinishing.

They appear to be fluid steel Craig yet the under rib in the last pic is damascus.

Yes Randy, the pattern is hard to see, but it is there. And a gun that early would be likely be damascus.

It is Damascus. In the fourth picture on the lower tube near the rib you can clearly see one star of the Damascus pattern. I was thinking a BH with composite barrels might have been Bernard but it it Damascus for sure.




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Another recommendation for Breck Gorman

I will also Recommend Breck.... Very cool find!

Frontier 45 pad and oil slow and easy and you will be surprised. It will do no harm and will still be original. How are the bores?

Welcome to the PGCA! I like your grandfather's Parker! Grade 5 guns are one of my favorites.

I hate to ask but would you mind terribly posting picture of the other side of the reciever and the floor plate ? I’m always curiouse what dogs birds or animals were portrayed .

How's the wood?





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Here is some more pictures

Also can anyone tell me what grade my vh 20 has been upgraded too?

That looks like a grade made up by the engraver that did the work.

I bought a BH last year that was in rough condition too, but it cleaned up nicely. You would be amazed what a good cleaning will do.

It is not an “upgrade”. It does not accurately emulate any specific grade of Parker gun. The engraving is a somewhat amateurish attempt at a custom gun. Too bad the quality of the engraving does not match that of the wood work. The wood looks decent.

That what I could gather just making sure I wasn't wrong

Here is some more pictures of the bh

The engraving of the 7-8 strutting turnips on the bottom is a bit different for a B grade.

Geez, now he'll get so busy I'll have to wait in queue for my bbls to be worked!!! :banghead: