Peter stopped by today to show me his BHE. I am impressed with the gun overall. It has some rust issues but they can be dealt with without having a 'restoration' done to the entire gun. It still exhibits about 40% original case color and 97% original barrel blue. Every screw is perfectly timed and have never been touched since leaving Meriden. and the checkering is hardly worn and is beautiful. Once that rust is gone and most of the original 'use and wear patina' is retained it will be a very valuable Grade-5 Parker. The big hurdle that must be overcome is the missing 1-frame ejector forend. If anyone has a 1-frame ejector forend of any grade please notify Peter.
He does not have a research letter yet but I know it's going to be an interesting one. he gold grip cap has initials and besides being made on the 1-frame it also has 26" uncut barrels with choke constrictions measuring about .006" left and about .030" right. Nice modern dimensions too.
The serial number is 172668 so if you have any loose forends about please check those serial numbers.
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