10 ga lifter at Novi
Did anyone see the early 10ga hammer lifter Parker at the Novi show, S/N 258, that had the side plate engraved with a dead pigeon laying on a trap????? If so, why in the world was it still there this afternoon??!! Nice gun! VERY light. Wood was pretty broken up so he had it all fixed by someone in Michigan who did a good job. Cased in a Parker case. What a beauty. The only thing I scored was 8 rds of pristine Super-X paper 10 ga #5shot ammo that was in a Winchester pistol ammo box and labeled "Old 12 ga ammo".... for $2.00. There were a lot of Parkers there but all seemed over priced by quite a bit. One fellow had a very nice vintage Wm Moore nitro proofed 12ga hammer gun in a case with loading accessories that, were I working steadily, I might have gone for. He also had a nice Greener hammerless 10ga for reasonable money. Lots of good stuff there but not near as many vendors as last year. One vendor actually gave me a free hammer screw for my 1842 Springfield musket.
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