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Unread 01-17-2014, 08:20 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Robert Sziemkiewicz View Post
Would anyone know how many 8 gauges were produced by Parker? Curious as to the range of values of this gun since the Blue Book doesn't list 8 ga Parkers. It is a grade 3.
192 8-gauge guns in all grades were produced by Parker Bros. of which only 27 were Grade-3 and only 10 of those were Titanic Steel barreled.

The last one, ser. No. 174013 was made in 1916.

If yours cleans up nicely and if it is in otherwise nice condition it will prove to have been a very wise investment and by today's values would likely bring a figure well north of $10K..... but there are a lot of "ifs" in the equation.
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