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Hi James! Here's my $.02:
Your gun is probably a Parker Grade 0 or 1 top-lever gun made in 1885, based on what I can see of it. I have one of its siblings (same year) in 10 gauge. How about some pics of the buttplate and the bottom of the action, and the engraving on the rib to help with ID? Is that really built on a #1 frame? Sure looks like it! |
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Thanks for the responses. I will put more pics up soon.
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Yes, it is a Grade 1. It would be very unlikely to find Laminated Steel barrels on a Grade 0 or a Grade 2 of that particular era. Some guns in the 1877, 1878, 1879 vintages may have Laminated Steel in grades other than Grade 1 but those Laminated tubes were sourced elsewhere and were made differently with a different composite pattern.
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Grade is not as much of a mystery as we are making it. It is marked "1" on the water table.
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Yup, saw that in the OP's first posting of pics. I was elaborating on one of the items that constitutes a a Grade 1 hammer gun of that serial range.
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I neglected to comment on how nice a gun this is. The "1" marking on the water table is not too common on hammer guns.
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