D Grade Hammer Lifter Action 11 Gauge
 

for your interest

Bruce, Tell the owner of that fine 11ga that I cannot ship by mail what he wants! Will have to wait till I see him. It has been made! and awaits his approval. Gary

After reading my post I better clarify a little. We are talking good home made wine!

Be nice if some of that good old home made red wine made it farther North...! :)

Eric, Just to keep this thread wandering from another fine album from Bruce, Gordon makes a fine vintage from his Concord vinyard outside his back door. Might be just the red you're looking for.

Blind Dog what proof is it!

Ok maybe its just me and my off the wall sense of humor-

But a moniker "Blind Dog" _ talking about home made alcohol. :rotf:

That is probably the best early Parker I have ever seen. The dog head on an otherwise plain surface is just scary. The finish on the trigger guard is outrageous. My "bout unfard" W.S. Perry C Grade 33" Bernard gun has met its mate. What a shotgun. Thanks, Bruce.

Bill so true, that is one beautiful gun. Fred as Gary says the proof is slightly higher with Gary's.........

Thanks fellows, it is an extraordinary piece with very artistic engraving.

Proof is in the pudding. Gordon's wine is most mellow and is known to lube a long afternoon at his kitchen table reviewing his fine selection of Parker guns. One has to be very alert and cautious for the hour drive home from Norwalk. Rick, I see your point; the handle was given me by my teammates when I played eight in the Portand scrum forty and more years ago. I have always had limited, but correctable eyesight and I wore "Buddy Holly" specs at the time. After a match, it all evened up. J.D. thought it would be a good idea to have sudos here, and that is the only one I could think of at the time. I do like yours, the man knew dogs.

Fred

At the risk of lookin "well" silly that looks like a phesant silhouette on the triggergard. Or a duck flying the other way. Uncle

Wonderful.

Who was the engraver?

OK, Bruce, you win. I'm hitting the PRINT button on that ball grip. I don't know how they did it, but I want one. The dog on the plain lockplate is also worth saving.

Bill, of course that D is not mine, but thanks for the win anyway, whatever I won. Some of these early guns had such a high quality of workmanship, even in the lower grades. You look at how the checkering lines met at the middle line, then continued, wow. Yes the engraving also, spectacular.

I have a single hammer gun, and am fortunate to have that, the rest I enjoy vicariously. Maybe by posting these photos and showing people how gorgeous these guns are and by showing that they are shootable today with sensible smokeless powder loads, we can play a small part in keeping them desireable and not just regarded as wallhangers. For people who would have a tough time finding even a D grade , you know those G grade hammer guns are pretty nice and can be found reasonably. With a little fluffing up, a person can end up with a pretty nice gun.

WHAT IS THE BIRD ON THE TRIGGER GUARD?

Calvin, that's a duck flying right to left low over a marsh.

I have a very similar gun minus the dog's heads in the open field at the rear of the lock plates. Its condition isn't nearly as nice as this one but considerably better than when I bought it. The serial number is 45 higher than the one pictured.

any body out there got or seen any 11 ga shells and so marked as 11 ga.... charlie

Hard to find.

thanks jeff.. reason i was asking theres a gun im looking at that fellows says its a 11 ga but says it takes 12 a brass shells or *12 paper shell.. im confused would the 11 ga be marked on barrel from the parker factory its a old lifter gun made about 1882... and will the 11 ga except some them old 12 paper or brass shells.... charlie