Fathers Guns

[John]

If anyone can give any information on the attached it would be appreciated.

[Harold Pickens]

Wow, very nice. i'm sure others will chime in, but the serial #s would allow us to look up exactly what you have. The first gun is a VH, a lower grade but looks to be in nice shape. The hammer gun also appears to be in nice condition and many of us love to shoot the old hammer guns. Your father left you 2 nice guns to enjoy.
I guess there is some rust problems there on closer look--what do the inside bores look like.

[John]

serial numbers are 137481 and 54860 for the hammer

[Daniel G Rainey]

Father had good taste !

[John]

still does thankfully. he just wanted them out of his home. Now I have to decide what to do with them. Do I get them refurbished or just leave as is. Don't even know if they have much value

[John]

bores do appear to be clean and shinny with no signs of rust or pitting inside

[Dean Romig]

Most of us would advise you to leave them as they are and just enjoy them. Hopefully you like to hunt or shoot clays... or both.

Nice Parkers!






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[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by John Faison

serial numbers are 137481 and 54860 for the hammer

137481 is a VH 16ga with 28" barrels -

54860 is a grade 0 12 with 30" twist barrels


they look great as is - as they say - first do no harm - i see no reason from these pics to redo anything

assuming sound barrels - both are still great guns to shoot


there should be a number on the back barrel (under side) of the 16ga is it a 1 or 0 ?

[John]

it is a 1

[OH Osthaus]

the slightly heavier frame - but that matches one of my most favorite upland guns

do you hunt or shoot?