GunBroker Parker "A1"
 

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/657599853

Letters as a DH with 30" Damascus barrels.. Is now an A1 with 30" Peerless barrels. Has documentation that shows it was an A1 at least as early as the 1950's.. Owner in the 1950's claims this was done by Parker when sent back to have new barrels fitted.

What do you guys think?

Seems nice whoever did the upgrade.

We should ask David what he knows about the gun. I would guess that if Ron Kirby addressed the letter to David that he would have had a hand in the upgrade - perhaps the stock work & checkering at the least. He may even remember who did the engraving.

To my eye, the work doesn't look to be that of Parker Bros. although it is VERY nicely done.





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A very nice gun.However,$16,000 is on the upper end of what it should sell for.

This is likely the A-1 that has been advertised for years in the classifieds of the Double Gun Journal. We finally get to see it.

It's hard to believe that it has 'verifiable' documentation of it being an A-1 to the 1950's but I guess it's possible. I'd sure like to see that documentation though.





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If I'm reading that letter dated 1981 right, he claims he bought it in New Orleans in 1950.. But yeah, nothing 'verifiable'

This gun was Fritz Gerhart's gun. David probably knows a lot about this gun.

Yup, David and Fritz share some history together.





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Et tu, Davey??

There were a lot of guns upgraded in the 50s,60s,and 70s because of the shortage of high grade guns.Back then if you showed up at a pigeon shoot or gun show with an A1,you would draw a crowd.We forget now that in the pre internet days Parkers were considered very rare and scarce and there was no way to authenticate a gun.Many upgrades got sold as original guns.