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there are 286 8 gauges listed in thethe parker story charlie
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Thank you all, Tom
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Tom; Would enjoy seeing some pics !
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Yes, I would. This gun letters with 34" damascus barrels. Serial number 118497.
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Actually, I believe The Parker Story documents about 381 8 gauges. They are the rarest of all the "regular" gauges--8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 28, and .410. I personally believe that the true number is slightly more than 400 as I have seen a fair number of original eight gauge Parkers that are not listed in the books. I have studied the 8s for a number of years and have owned 4. I currently own 2--a 34" six frame hammer in grade 1 and a 36" six frame PH. Good luck with yours. Bill
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As you probably know the TPS number of 381 is statistically adjusted number to account for the guns in the missing record books so it follows one would see guns not listed in the TPS 8 gauge list or in Serialization. As the banning of the 8 in 1918 virtually ended their (even then) limited production in the USA, I would suspect the number quoted is even closer than many of the estimated model variation totals. In any case, they are rare, I have owned 2 Parker 8s, a 36 #6 fT1 frame and a 36" D3 #6 DH I picked up at this year's Vintagers. The later gun went to its original owner in Glasco, NY right on the west bank of the Hudson. I imagine it must have seen its share of waterfowl on the pass over the great river.
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Don sorry I missed you and Russ at the Vintagers and even more sorry that I got there on Friday morning instead of Thursday because I was looking for a D grade 8 ga damascus and you snapped it up before I even had a chance.
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Eric-sorry we missed you too. The DH 8 sat there all morning on Thursday. I finally went for it about 1 p.m. when I managed to grind down the silly asking price by 30%!
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