serial no. question
 

hope somebody can help me with this serial no. 56210 suppose to be a 10 ga dh grade with 26 inch barrels damacus... has 2 dogs on each side and a dog on the bottom flore plate....thanks charlie

Charlie, two dogs on each side is standard for B grade and higher.

56210: grade 3 damascus, 10ga. hammerless, capped PG, 30" barrels, no extras.

The book says it left with 30" tubes, grade 3 (DH) 10 ga.

Charlie, can you post pictures of the "2 dogs on each side"?

definately 2 dogs on each side 1 dog on the floor plate..it has 26 inch barrels damascus...it is all no matching even to skelton butte plate...so says the seller....weve bought the gun but will be a few days before i have my hands on it..... we will take pictures and post them when we get it should be here next week...most unusal engraving on a d grade...i know for sure that it is a d grade it has the no 3 stamped in frame... should give us something to jaw about...

This is a very early hammerless Grade 3 and some unusual features have been noted from this period. Best thing to do which might explain the "2 dogs on each side" engraving motif would be ordering a Research Letter. Hopefully there might be clues there.
I count only 43 earlier D3 Hammerless guns in the ID & Serialization book. There are probably a few more but only a few, I'm sure. It is fun to find the very earliest of some Parkers because they clearly show the evolution of the grades.

seller said gun was made in 1889 i didnot look it up..glad to hear its a early gun..seller said that there was only 45 like it but i never paid no mind to it...owner said he shot it with black powder loads...not a good turkey gun but should be ok for doves or shooting ducks over decoys...the old gun is a 2 frame gun so should not be to heavy... charlie

Charlie, glad you got this gun, I was bidding but it got to the point that I realized I didn't need another project that bad. Nice engraving, but only I dog on each side, #2 frame so it should be easy to find a set of barrels for it. Here are some of the photos from G/B.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...x708184493.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...x615050900.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...x614463537.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...x556144553.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...x277845172.jpg


More photos at http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...s-l/DH%2010ga/

Hi Charlie ,I knew your Gun Broker handle and was glad a member got her ! Very unique engraving style for a D Grade ,You did alright I feel sure ! I had the gun on my watch list also ,but realized early on the barrels had been cut ,even so still a very nice gun ,if you don't mind a little extra weight should be a great early season ,open choked bird gun ! Congrats. on your new gun ! :) Russ