D grade

Herb Hewlett · 06-01-2014, 11:43 AM

Just traded a couple of guns and ended up with a D grade,1frame 12 ga.,top lever, hammer gun. Stock skeleton butt checkering in good shape,forarm replaced with lower grade, brlls. heavliy pitted on inside. Parker book says only 2 12ga. 26" brlls were made. Can't find anything in book onrarity of 1 farme?
I hunt with Parkers and am not really a collecter. Does the 26" brlls make this somewhat of a rarity? Thanks, Herb

Autumn Daze · 06-01-2014, 03:19 PM

Serial number Herb?

Herb Hewlett · 06-01-2014, 04:07 PM

serial number 46928 Thanks ,Herb

George Lander · 06-01-2014, 04:17 PM

Herb: Parker SN 46928 shows in "THE BOOK" as a "D3 (Grade 3 or D grade) toplever, no extras, capped PG stock, 12 gauge w/ 26" barrels. I would venture it to be somewhat of a rarity.

Best Regards, George

B. Dudley · 06-01-2014, 05:21 PM

A 1 frame grade 3 12g with factory 26" barrels... What a gun!

Dollar Grade · 06-01-2014, 11:48 PM

You are a lucky man....
I have the same configuration grade 3 with 28" bbls and it is a joy to shoot. It is SN 35XXX weighing in at 6lbs 14oz and open chokes. Great gun for close to medium range sporting clays.

Kurt

Dean Romig · 06-01-2014, 11:55 PM

Definitely a rarity and on the 1-Frame could even be unique.

Herb Hewlett · 06-02-2014, 07:52 AM

Thanks for all the help,but the bores on this D are heavily pitted and very thin. I know it needs to go to a barrel specialist to figure out if it can even be shot,I suspect not.I'm trying to figure out what to do with it. I will try to post some pictures later today or tomorrow. Herb

Richard Flanders · 06-03-2014, 05:23 PM

My dream gun! I have one in a grade 2 but a 3. I love the 1-frame 12ga guns. They carry like a 16.

Bill Murphy · 06-03-2014, 06:20 PM

This gun, even with unusable barrels, is a candidate for rehabilitation into a great shooting gun. I would prefer sleeving, but a less expensive alternative would be Briley tubes in 20 or 28 gauge that would put this gun back into action.