I am new to this forum and new to Parker guns. Have been helping a friend try to evaluate several damascus barreled Parker’s. I have been reading up history and nomenclature and have taken one apart after studying several tutorials as it has an internal crack in the head of the stock.
This gun is a 16 ga.DH with 26 inch twist barrels on an O size frame and weighs 6# 1oz. . Serial 137016 which I take to be 1905. Case colors are worn somewhat and wood has a few dings but looks to be original. The puzzling thing is the barrels . They are pristine inside and out.I do not know Parker’s well but have seen a lot of old guns pitted and rusted.
My question is, how much does twist steel barrels effect price. This would be a magnificent field gun if proper ammunition could be found.I know there is no long distance answer as to how there barrels came down 116 years and look new.
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