New member, new Parker owner
 

Hi, although I am from Germany this will be a familiar post to you …

I‘ve inherited a Parker shotgun manufactured in 1910 from my late father-in-law. It must have brought to Germany by a US soldier during WWII who left his Parker as a gift to the family.

Whatever you can tell me about this gun will be highly appreciated. I’m very curious about any information.

Thank you!

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Welcome Karen, your Parker shotgun is a VH grade manufactured in late 1910. It wears a beaver tail forend. The serial number isn’t listed in the Parker Gun book to gain any further information. However, you can obtain a factory letter containing additional information about the shotgun. Congratulations on your new possession.

Thank you very much, Bruce!!

Maybe that‘s a stupid question, but how can I obtain a factory letter?

Open this link and click on “Research Letters”. If you become a PGCA member the factory letter is only $40.00.
https://parkerguns.org/

Oh, great! Thanks again, Bruce.

The gun is a VH grade. The forend wood it wears is not original. And the gun was converted to a single trigger at one time. A trigger Of an aftermarket type. The frame also appears to have been blued.

The barrels, forend iron and the release have been blued also. The barrels look to be the original length. Have the gun looked over by a competent gunsmith, especially the barrels because re-blueing can sometimes result in loose top and bottom ribs. If you get the "all good" from the gunsmith then you will have a shootable Parker shotgun! Congratulations on your inherited Parker!

Karen:

Will you or a member of your family be enjoying the use of the gun, for target shooting or hunting, or is it to be retained as a meaningful artifact of your family history?

For most of us our vintage guns serve all of those purposes.

Thank you! Since when did Parker use single trigger?

It is definitely all these purposes. Happy about it.