Hammer gun grade
I have a 10 ga hammer gun made on the #3 frame made in 1888. It has Stub Twist barrels and some light engraving of some lines and a scroll on the lock plates. Of course there is no grade stamp on the water table. I have and read "The Parker Story" and I'm sure it's either a grade 0 or 1.
My question is: Is the only way to tell which grade it is to get a "letter" and see what the selling price of the gun was and compare it to a catalog for the grade? I'm going to get the letter anyhow because I'm curious who it was shipped to and any other history that may come out of the records.
Jack Kuzepski
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