An amazing discovery
 

I did a letter for a fellow PGCA member. It was for a AHE 16ga. with 26" Acme barrels made in 1922. Unfortunately I only had the stock book for this gun. He also told me that this gun was pictured in the Parker catalogs. I have pictures of quite a few catalogs so I went looking for this gun. The first catalogs were dated 1923. I have 3 versions of this catalog, 2 are dated April 21, 1923 but show a different gun. The other version shows this gun. The engraving is obviously different between these 2 guns so it's very obvious they are different guns. The next catalog I have is 1926 and it show this gun with 2 different views a side view and bottom view. If I zoom in on the picture, I can make out the S/N which is 197081! Unfortunately you won't be able to zoom in to read it. I went through all the other catalogs up to 1940 and all showed the same gun except that some catalogs only showed the side profile not the bottom profile.

This is one exquisite Gun!

That is pretty amazing. What a nice gun. Thanks for sharing the gun and catalog information with us. The Parker brass must have like it, too.

That is amazing !

I wonder how many other " catalog" guns are out there with members !

I was able to zoom in on the catalog !

What an incredible find! What a beautiful gun!

Those Grade 6 Parkers are just the most amazing guns and outshine almost everything else in terms of engraving and full coverage.





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Wow! Pretty exquisite indeed! Would this be engraving by Fred Anschutz? Only two 16 gauge AHE's with 26" Acme barrels. Are there more photos?

Could very well be the work of Fred Anchutz. The game scene animals certainly have his style.





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That is a fantastic gun! I have always enjoyed Parker woodland scenes, I love the Elk. Do you have any pictures of the other side?

Chuck, I think that as historian/curator of the records, you should have the option of holding, maybe shooting those beauties. Hope to shoot with you again this year.

Harold, people do sometimes send me pictures of outstanding Parkers they own and sometimes they let me hold and shoot them. I remember when a member friend let me take a few shots out of his AAHE. i never thought I would be privileged to do that.

Getting the Covid shot next week so I'll be ready for the Southern and Hausmanns. We did have fun at "The Rock"!