AHE 1924 Damascus
 

A buddy asked me to post these photos for him ( he won't post here himself) of a 1924 12ga A, all original.

He sometimes sees questions asking if damascus guns are as valuable as fluid steel, or if all damascus guns are for black powder or how late Parker made guns with damascus barrels. He thought this post might be useful, and if not, asked me to delete it.

What a stunning Parker!! Tell your "buddy" we like it!

MAGNIFICANT! The gun appears to be new!

Best Regards, George

Stunning.... Tx Bruce.

I have a completely unprovable and wild theory that wealthy older men during the 1920's who had money and remembered the best of the guns from when they didn't have the resources, would order a top grade Parker in damascus because that's what they remembered as the epitome of a high grade gun. They would put the gun in the cabinet and admire it, and they already had a bunch of guns to shoot, so it wouldn't get much use.

Just my thoughts and I'm sure somebody will tell me that I'm no expert and I should be banned from having these theories.

Makes perfect sense to me Bruce. That's exactly what I'm planning to do when I get some money.... :whistle:

Dean don't you mean Yen? Will the Chairman give you X-Mass off?

Thank's to "Our Buddy" for showing us some great Parker's

My Dad didn't know much about a shotgun but always relayed to me that his Dad always referred with reverence to his E Grade Lefever pigeon gun as having "soft barrels". When I received the gun from my uncle about 1958, my Dad never said anything about not firing it with modern shells, only that I should be careful with it in the field, lest I dent the soft barrels. My Grandfather apparently owned many guns, but shot the Lefever almost exclusively until his death in 1929.

Bruce, I can only dream about owning a Parker like that. Beautiful!

Bill, you talk about "soft barrels", and it does seem like every Parker I've looked at that has dents is damascus, not fluid steel. Are they truely softer and if so why, assuming the wall thickness is the same.

I would guess it's the iron content of the damascus?