New member needs a little help
 

Hello to all. This is my first post, so excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong place.

I recently acquired a GH receiver. The receiver is complete and the serial # is 226065. Can anyone tell me if this # is in the book? I have no idea what frame size this is. I would like to take on a project and would be interested in knowing how the gun left the factory. Thanks to all for any help.

It was a GHE (E for ejectors) with Parker Special Steel barrels 28" long, capped pistol grip twelve gauge.

If you measure center to center between the firing pins, we can tell you the frame size.

It measures 1.125" from center to center of firing pins. I have a #2 frame 12 gauge but the barrels are too large. Should I assume it is a 1 1/2 frame?

Pretty likely a 1 1/2 frame. Parker had stopped making a twelve gauge on a 1 frame by then (226XXX = 1928).

You guys are awesome. Thanks for the help. Is there a good place to look for a complete ejector front end or this going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack?

It will be a long search and will require diligence on your part but it can be and has been done. Good luck.

Rebuild
 

Larry DelGrego can build you a forend,wood ,metal and about anything else you need to complete the gun...
315-8948754...give him a call.:smiley7:

I gave DelGrego a call today. I asked about costs. It sounds that the costs might be far from ever being recouped. The receiver is in very nice condition so I hate to scrap the project. It appears that it will definitely be a long and slow one unless I luck into finding the front part of the gun.

Allow me to reiterate :cool:

Missed it by that much...
 

I was walking with Frank off our Skeet Fields when another of our group offered up a "project". I joked that it was a recoil pad and the rest of the gun needed to be built. I wasn't far off, a beautiful receiver with quite a bit of color but not much more than a shell.

Welcome Frank.
CBaby

Kinda like the article in the Mercedes collector magazine about the fellow who found a frame, an engine and photos from a rare early race car and built the car around that. Only cost him about a million.

I understand those receivers make great paper weights !:rolleyes:

i love to seeold guns put back in action... charlie