What you have is the most popular Parker Bros. double made -- a 12-gauge, VH-Grade. More of them made than any other grade or gauge, and the great bulk of them on the 2-frame. The VH-Grade was the lowest priced Parker Bros. double offered from its introduction in 1898 until 1912 when the Trojan Grade was added. The first years of that range were big years for Parker Bros. production until the crash in late 1907 slowed things down.
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