What grade is it?
 

Can it be told from these photos what grade this Parker is?

looks like a small-bore DH also known as a Grade 3

Thanks, kinda what I was thinking.

Water table markings?

Don't have access to the gun, just some photos.

Do these photos of it's stock look like what one would would expect an a D/3 grade?

Not the correct stock details. Check the home page of this site for pictures of the different grades.

If these are in black and white from the source and it’s not someone you know personally I would steer clear. It takes extra effort to make photos be black and white and less revealing. Food for thought.

Leon, The cut barrels and more than likely honed with cylinder/cylinder chokes, the refinish on the forend, barrel reblue, wrong and or buggered screws everywhere, top lever left of center, and the bluing of the entire frame would lead anyone to believe that DHE 16 has been rode hard and put away wet. Good deals on bad guns........

Yup. Source is trustworthy. Maybe nostalgia, as only B & W was available when the old girl was made some 100+ years ago.

Hadn't found the photos of grades in home page before. Thanks. The photo I posted looks a lot like the home pages indicate is grade D/3 - except for the straight shock vs pistol grip, but I suppose that variation was part of the original order. Maybe sometime I'll get a look at the water table.

The buttstock isn't original & it's an amateur attempt at stock work & checkering.

Advise you to steer clear of that one.





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David, Dean: Thanks for helping me. I got my first Parker less than a year ago, so still learning. For sure I can now clearly see that the buttstock isn't authentic. Couple that with other anomalies, and I'v lost interest in it.

I see now what you mean by "not the correct stock."' Thanks

Dean: you're quick and obviously know lots more about this gun than is said in this thread. Thanks again

With my years of observation and hands on examination it’s not difficult to see the flaws.





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Blued frame. Destroyed screws. Horrid restock. The gun is a mess. It is a couple hundred dollar parts gun.

Agree, Thanks.

I think Leon was replying to Dean Hanson, but I know you know.

Very likely Edgar.





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