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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
Yup, Dave is right. The "grades of many colors", grades 0 and 1, were in effect in 1884 when this gun was made. Rereading TPS, Volume 1, Price and Mullins state that they had only examined one Grade 1 hammer gun with "1" markings on the water table. They didn't mention how many hammer guns they had examined with a "P" stamped on the water table, but I have only seen one of those. They state that 0 and 1 grade hammer guns with the grade stamped on the water table are seldom encountered.
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Thank you all for your responses. It has been a great learning experience the last 8 months since I purchased my first Parker. That one is a VH, 30" Vulcan steel 12GA, with a 1901 mfg. date. I also have a letter for that one and in the process of obtaining one for the hammer gun. Thank you all again.
Tom Pellegrini