interesting pachmayr AIS
 

i know a lot of you talked to me about my mystery parker A1S over the years. i have it running on my club forum here....

https://www.americantrapshooter.com/...-ic-mod.26305/

you may have to join the website to see it.
i got 28 pics. may be worth a visit.
disregard the price that is listed on it. i had to do that to discourage anyone from buying it while its being viewed and discussed. and too...that forum does not allow por or best offer.
if anyone knows a point of contact at the parker collectors assoc who can run a serial number and help nail it down to who it was made for, lmk.
thanks.

240,497 was made as a DHE grade, 26", vent rib, ejector, single trigger gun. Only a PGCA letter could give any more information. It is not likely to give you the original owner's name, but it is a slight possibility. Whether the letter gives you any additional information does not mean that a gun like this shouldn't have a letter to go with it.

It seemed to me that any previous interest in your pachmayr upgrade was self-generated.

If you want people to see your gun, post photos here.
If you want to sell your gun, become a member and post it in the for sale section.
If you want a letter on your gun, order one from the association.

thanks b. dudley for the very kind, welcome, and friendly invite.

so bill,
it started life as a DHE sst, vr, ejt 26" bbl gun.
good to know.
so...now its a matter of nailing down if it went to pachmayr or if it was factory.
whats your gut instinct tell you?
would a pgca letter tell what grade it started life as?

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mr dudley,....ive been gone for some time now caring and burying parents.
my conversations are years old.
and too....there was a period when your website would not load on my old computer. it cut me off from any conversations, so i gave up.
now that my wife has a new dsl service in the house, i can access this site.
i could very easily repeat all that was posted elsewhere on my link if there was interest.
would you like that?
are you the point of contact to order a letter?
being youre a lifetime member, im sure you hold the answers.
or are letters only given to members?
that doesnt sound right if it is.
im sure many owners/dealers would like a letter without being on a membership list.
can you help?

Hey, Bob,

If you check out the home page there is a link on the left for research letters. It gives you step-by-step directions, and you can even use PayPal and do it all online (and, of course, you can print the forms out and mail them in with a check).

As you probably know, if you are a member, you get a very good discount on the research letters, and, as mentioned, you can post your gun for sale to other members for free.

Good luck with your gun!

thank you very much.
mobird...if you find yourself down around vanzant in s.central in oct, stop in and shoot with us. click my avatar link and read up!

btw, if anyone sees these names on any parker records, it may help nail down who commisioned its work:

the maryland governors of that time frame would be as follows:
1920-1935 Albert C. Ritchie
1935-1939 Harry W. Nice
1939-1947 Herbert R. O'Conor
1947-1951 William Preston Lane, Jr.
1951-1959 Theodore R. McKeldin

Thanks for the invitation! We spend most of October in MN chasing grouse, but it sounds like a great time. Vanzant is about as far from us (near the Iowa border) as is possible to get and still be in the Show-Me State, but, hey, there's trout fishing nearby so, ya never know.

Good luck with your shoot.

wife and i indulge quite often at rockbridge trout ranch.
my range is 30 minutes from them, just south of mt grove.
north fork white river...best trout in the state.

btw...how close are you to marne iowa?

another issue that stopped me in my tracks here was dial up. i couldnt post pics.
i see now its all different.
good to see 'some' friendly people still hang out here.

Bob, I neglected to tell you that your gun started life as a DHE. By the way, Allen Wampler was part of the DC, Northern Virginia area collector gun Mafia, not in the Parker subset. I knew him well, lost touch, don't know if he is still with us.