!0 ga, lifter, Damascus
 

So not too long ago this old girl landed on my doorstep. I welcomed her in She's a, 1887, SN 13271, 10 ga, 30" Damascus steel, on a #2 frame. I take it from the very prominent letter "U" stamped on her water table that she's what was then called a grade "U", later bunched in with other far down in the alphabet letters into grade 0 (zero). Quite a bit of Case blue is still showing. Comments welcome.

Congratulations on your acquisition. Looks like a solid example.

Very nice Lifter there Leon, thanks for showing us your new Parker!

Looks to be an $80 dollar grade. Very nice representation, enjoy!!

Wait a minute,
 

Look at page 260 in Vol. 1 of the Parker Story pair of books. These additional picture of mine look a great deal like what's called and pictured there a grade 2. Since mine and the one on P. 269 are made in 1887, only 272 guns apart, could mine be a grade 2?

What a nice gun.

Then again
 

As I get older dyslexia seems to slip in sometimes, all throughout this discussion the manufacture date of both my "lifter" and the one referred to in the Parker Story book Vol 1. P 269, should be 1878. Book's right, I was wrong. Here's a photo of the picture in the book. Mine sure looks almost identical to it. I don't know what the "U" stamped in the water table of mine is, but I'm thinking mine is way more like what became grade 2 than "U" or "0" Thoughts?

A PGCA Research letter will tell you.





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I looked but don't see a path to PGCA research letter. Where/how do I access it?

Go to "Home Page", click on "Research Letters" and follow the instructions. By the way, your gun is in exceptional condition.