help with my parker
 

i just got a parker double and need some help finding out the grade and maybe the value. gun appears to be in fairly good condition. lock up is very tight. all the blue is gone. damascus barrels with good bores.. any help would be great..

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Your gun is a DH grade and was built in about 1888. According to the Parker Gun Identification and Serialization book it's a 14-bore and left the factory with 30" barrels. If it is indeed a 14-gauge gun, I wouldn't hazard a guess as to its value...I'll leave that to the more informed.

Please post a close up detail pic of the barrel flats.

i think it`s a 12 gauge. thats according to my little brass chamber gauge anyway..

Before attempting to fire 12 ga. ammo in that gun some very meticulous measurements must be taken. The Parker Gun Identification & Serialization book shows it as a 14 ga.
It may be a misprint but don't take that chance.

What a great gun. Check out the chased water table. The stock looks like it has a very unusual amount of drop also. A PGCA letter would add greatly to the value of this gun.

This is a relatively early DH, and the frame water table is hatched. At lot of these early hammerles guns have non rebounding hammers. You can check this by opening and closing the action to cock the hammers; remove the barrels; place a tongue blade or paint paddle against the breech face; pull each trigger. Examine the tongue blade and breech face without touching the top lever. If the hammer noses stand out as far as the dents are deep, it has non rebounding hammers. The hammers will retract when you operate the top lever. Best, Austin

As Dean said the "book" shows your gun to be a DH Grade 14 gauge. If this is the case then you have an extremely rare bird. Order a letter for $60 from PGCA or better yet, join PGCA and get one for $40

Best Regards, George

In the back of Vol. II of The Parker Story is the table of all 14 Ga. Parkers. Mine is at home amnd I'm not so maybne someone else can look it up for you to find out if it is listefd the re as well.

Sorry anout the typos . . . I'm somewhat 'typing - impaired' today.

57793 is in the table of 14-gauge guns on page 1004 of The Parker Story. Says it is a DH-Grade with 30-inch barrels. Great find.