The "Editor's Gun"
 

Not to hijack Mike's thread...

The Editor's Gun, so named by Austin Hogan when he presented his wish to me that this gun be engraved "The Editor's Gun" and passed from each editor of Parker Pages to his successor and that each editor embellish it with a tasteful addition from another Parker Hammergun.

The serial number is 59469 and is described in the Serialization & Identification Book as a PT, T, 0, C, 12, 32. I find nothing in that immediate serial number range, going about 2,000 guns both above and below 59469 that shows a lower grade than PT, therefor I will say it is a Grade 0 gun. It is built on a 2-Frame and is a 12 gauge now sporting 30" Vulcan Steel barrels, a ventilated Hawkins pad that has seen plenty of use, a left hammer from a Grade-4 Bernard 16 gauge, a right hammer presumably from a Grade 6 gun (no serial number just the "6" stamped on the back side of it) a very nicely added Monte Carlo comb, and a forend tip from a Grade 6. The checkering has been recut and it was done very nicely.

I will be very proud to bring this gun to PGCA events and to shoot it and will gladly pass it around for others to admire and shoot a bit too.

a few thousand after the hammerless came out, and still sporting ears, hope to see it a Hausmann's this year.

Dean,
Congratulations! it's in good hands.
Mike

If I'm there the Editor's Gun will be there - and I plan to be there.

Very cool idea from Austin. It sounds like quite an interesting gun Dean. Can't wait to see it. Did it start out as a complete gun, and each person just replaces a part?

Mike

Mike, I don't know the complete history of this gun but I suspect it started getting replacement parts when the barrels Twist were replaced by the Vulcan barrels. And who knows why? Possibly the original barrels were compromised or maybe the owner of the gun at that time simply wanted fluid steel barrels - I don't know. The gun belonged to Robin Lewis and he sold it to Austin so maybe Robin can shed some light on the history of The Editor's Gun.

I'd like to see some pics of it

I saw the gun at Addieville 2 weeks ago. It is very cool and when laced with the tradition involved it is remarkable.
Dean is a good caretaker.

Deano-what will be your addition?

I have already added the A Grade forend tip which the PGCA used as the motif for the Distinguished Service Pin. I will send it out to be engraved with a 'scribe's quill' and oval design that will be taken from Austin's Cintributor's Pin that he gave to each contributor to Parker Pages. It will be engraved "The Editors Gun" beneath the scribe's quill.