Greetings and salutations New Parker Owner 16GA Need help

[Michael Mendez]

Greetings to all,
Like most newbies in this forum I have come across a parker shotgun from a relative and am looking for some more information than I can acquire over the internet. What I can ascertain is the following:
Serial Number: 214536 All matching
Year 1925
Gauge: 16
VH Grade?
Frame size 1?
Barrel Vulcan steel
The mother of pearl accent was custom work not done by parker?

There are some more lettering on the barrel and frame. I can not figure out and last but not least the value for insurance reasons. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Michael

[OH Osthaus]

Welcome Michael

What is the barrel length?

I wonder if the inlays are there to cover the stock being pinned. Pins to repair a stock split are not unusual.

[Michael Mendez]

Barrel length is 29 3/4

[Dean Romig]

Contact member Kevin McCormack. he has similar inlays on his A Grade Parker. they may be family guns.

[Michael Mendez]

Thanks Dean Any idea on value??

[Dean Romig]

Without having the gun in hand it is difficult to evaluate a gun accurately.

[Michael Mendez]

Thanks again dean. I pmed him

[Bill Murphy]

$1500. The inlays covering the assumed stock repairs are a bit of a minus. The era of manufacture and the nominal 30" barrels are a plus. If the barrels do not show a tiny blank space on the rib matting at the muzzle end, they may have been trimmed a bit. If the blank space is evident, they were probably made at the stated length.

[Autumn Daze]

Michael, You could join the PGCA and order a letter on this great gun. The cost of an annual membership is $40.00 and a research letter with membership is $40.00 other wise a research letter will cost you $100.00. Plus there are many great advantages to becoming a member of the PGCA not least of which is Parker Pages our quarterly journal and our members only buy/and sell forum.

Come on Bill tell the whole story....