Parker Bros 12 Gauge SxS

[Neil Mittie]

Just looking for info and estimated value of this gun, I am new to the Parker Bros. world, it is missing its for-end iron and wood, I have more details in the restoration posting.

[Labowner]

Sorry to say Neil not much value there. It seems to be a VH that someone has added some scroll to, the fore end lug is missing on the barrels and the stock is not original. Most of the value could be in the barrels if they are in good shape.

[Harry Collins]

Ed Blake and I had added a reply to this post and now they are AWOL!

Harry

[George Lander]

Neil: As Robert said, most of the value in your gun is in the barrels which were 32 inches when they left the factory and were 4 pounds 14 ounces unstruck weight. You gun also had a straight stock when new. The barrel lug & forearm iron can be replaced and new wood fitted to original specifications. Your gun was completed in 1923. The engraving, of course, is non-original. Considering the barrels, your gun might be worth restoring.

Best Regards, George

[Bill Murphy]

It would not be hard to locate an old forend for this gun through the Parts for Sale section. I would guess that someone like Keith Kearcher would have a forend lug in his junk box and could resolder it to the barrels for a reasonable price. The only dimension for the forend you are looking for that you need to identify it is the width at the point the forend joins the action. It must be an extractor forend. Easy project.

[Jim Akins]

Neil, I have a couple of #2 forends but no lugs. My email is in my profile.

Jim A.

[Bill Murphy]

Ed and Harry, your posts are over on the Restoration forum.

[Greg Miller]

For Fun unscrew the trigger guard tang screw and counter clockwise gently unscrew tang from frame. See whether there are serial numbers under the tang on the frame and on this trigger guard. Who knows what you might find.