Hello from Hudson NY

Dwayne Shook · 01-13-2022, 08:09 PM

My name is Dwayne Shook. I recently picked up my very first Parker. My good buddy Danny Sweet is member and referred me, so here I am. I have a very nice DH with the word "ALASKA" stamped on the dolls head and the barrel lug.
I sent out a request for the research letter last week. I hope to get some info on this to share with all of you. I am very excited to get this figured out. I'm sure I will have many more questions and look forward to talking with you.

Dan · 01-13-2022, 08:26 PM

Dwayne, welcome aboard, if you haven't been vaccinated against the "Parker Bug" you'll be buying more and more of them.

Mills · 01-13-2022, 08:29 PM

Welcome Dwayne! The only vaccine that works is “buy more!” Enjoy!

Randy Roberts · 01-13-2022, 08:33 PM

Yes, welcome aboard. Please do post some pics of the new addition and the unusual stampings.

Bill Jolliff · 01-14-2022, 12:09 AM

Welcome Dwayne,

Years ago, around 40 or so, there was a Duane (sp?) Shook from Hemet California, as I recall, that collected nice doubles, etc.

Any relation?

B. Dudley · 01-14-2022, 10:48 AM

This gun was discussed here recently. It looks like it was posted by your friend. Nobody had any idea as to why it was marked that way. And I think that the general consensus was that it was done after manufacture for some unknown reason.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ghlight=ALASKA

Richard Flanders · 01-22-2022, 10:33 AM

There used to be a gunshop in downtown Fairbanks that was the place to go for especially repairs for many many years. It closed sometime in the past 10? yrs or so. I think the space is still empty. The owner had a few nice Parkers of his own that were subsequently sold outside of Alaska and I think have been discussed here in the past.