Barrel Length Question

[Tom Taylor]

I recently saw on an auction sight that a VH 12 gauge was consider rare with a 28 inch barrel.
Is this correct or just a sales pitch?
THANKS

[Bruce Day]

Depends on what a person considers rare. 13,660 made in 28" out of 51,901 total 12ga.

[Tom Taylor]

Thanks Bruce
If I can ask a newbie question.
Is that 13,660 made in 28" out of 51,901 total 12ga in all models or just VH

[Bruce Day]

The Parker Story gives production figures for all Parkers, deliminated by grade, and within the grade, by gauge and barrel length. I gave you only V hammerless information because I perceived that to be your concern. If you are asking all Parkers regardless of grade, then a person would need to total each grade and barrel length individually and that would take a while. There were about 242,241 Parkers made.

As an aside, there are many of us who strongly urge a prospective Parker collector to buy, read and understand TPS before buying any Parker. Kind of a basic homework issue and protects one from the nonsense that you sometimes hear. Either that or have a good friend who knows his Parkers and can keep you from mistakes or being taken advantage of.