Serial Check Please and some comment would be nice :)
 

Hi, I found a parker I am interested in at a Eastmans gun show today so I came home and and just joined the forum and membership today. It is 92139 and was a 12 guage Improved Cylinder Hammerless with 30" barrels.

It looked very nice (actually too nice and since I wasn't well versed enough yet, I shied away from it). The guy wanted $1800 and I wasn't prepared to get it without doing some serious research.

I checked that all of the serial numbers matched.

It had a rubber stock pad and I knew that was a problem.

There was still some decent bluing and the finish was nice.

I did not think to take close up pictures so I know I can't get very specific feedback, but I know for next time.

I want to get that first Parker in my collection and almost pulled the trigger anyway, but knew I did not know enough yet.

thanks for any help.

Jeff Kinser

D2 H O C 12 28

G grade, hammerless, No extras, Capped grip, 12G, 28" barrels (should be Damascus).

Post some pictures...

Thank you for preventing a mistake
 

I guess the membership has already paid off!!!!

This was a Vulcan Steel 30" barrels instead of Damascus and 28"

The weird thing was that it looked great and fit together incredibly tight but I guess it was a fake.

thanks,

Jeff

What Letter is stamped on the water table? Order a letter, the book has been know to be wrong sometimes.

I'm sure the majority on here have more knowledge than me, and will chime in.

Water table letter
 

The only letter I saw on the WaterTable was the one right above the serial number. It was a V

Jeff

Well if the Water table is marked V and it has Vulcan Barrels, then it must be a duck... Or VH. Did it have the zig-zag border engraving on the frame and other metal parts? Or scroll and birds?
This could be a case where the book is not correct, or maybe the S/N was not correctly provided.

People at gun shows reading serial numbers make mistakes more often than the serialization book makes them. Check again, and bring cash. Either way, $1800 is more money than such guns are normally worth.

If it is the gun that I saw it is a v grade and is above average for sure. I think it is a 2 frame if I remember correctly. Not quite as nice as my best v grade but nice. Gerald