NICE LIFTER FOR SALE ON GUNBROKER
 

take a look at item 276553679. very nice, except checkering looks course to me. what do you think?

Looks like that would move a gun dealer from a bottem feeder to a top feeder at 4200.00. It looks like it could be original to me, how many lifters do we see in that kind of condition? The barrels are twist so I assume it is a lower grade and the checking is course on lower grades. If the bores are as clean on the inside as outside that would be 1 screamin lifter. Dave

dave: have seen quite a few 0 and 1 grade lifters over the years. have never seen another one with that course checkering? never the less that gun is in wonderful condition.

the trouble with top feeding is that when you least expect it, a predator comes up from the bottom and takes a chunk out of you or worse...

The checkering is "coarse" and looks original to me. Coarse checkering is proper for PT guns of the era. I will try to measure the lines per inch of a similar gun when I get time.

hit would be nice to see pics of another one with known original "course" checkering.

Ed, don't forget that pictures are not always correct looking. Dave

Ed, use some of the profit from your internet sales to purchase a set of The Parker Story.

I agree with the seller's description of the gun and Bill's qualification of the checkering. Keep in mind that a good number of Parkers of that era had no checkering at all.



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I have a couple lifters from the James Parker collection with no checkering at all and straight handed stocks.......George

My PT lifter #18,921 has 8 lines to the inch checkering. Yup, eight lines to the inch. The gun is high condition and I have no doubt the checkering is original.