Big Surprise under the Buttplate

Paul Mazan · 06-21-2018, 09:56 PM

I just picked up a Parker G grade shotgun made in 1890. Typically I bought one that has seen much better days and would be of little or no interest to a true collector but I love to find derelicts and get them back to shooting condition. This is a hammerless gun with Damascus barrels and barrels cut to 25 1/2 inches eliminating all choke. The interesting part is that as i was disassembling it I removed the broken buttplate and found the gun had been signed, in pencil,by what I suppose was a bunch of cowboys. That kind of leads me to think this might have been a ranch gun that they shared. Any other ideas or has anyone else found this kind of thing?

B. Dudley · 06-21-2018, 11:00 PM

Neat find for sure.

Opening Day · 06-22-2018, 05:17 AM

Now that's a neat find under a buttplate.

chris dawe · 06-22-2018, 06:29 AM

i see a king and ulrich there

Keavin Nelson · 06-22-2018, 07:57 AM

:Neat, I wonder how many butt plates will be looked at now?......

Double Lab · 06-22-2018, 08:42 AM

Could they be Parker employees?

B. Dudley · 06-22-2018, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Could they be Parker employees?

No. The one legible date is 2 years after it was made.

Paul Mazan · 06-22-2018, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Could they be Parker employees?

Probably not. The gun was built in 1890 and the buttplate is inscribed 1892. Also on the wood I can make out the words Texas and New Mexico. I'm guessing they were putting down where thy were from.

Mills · 06-24-2018, 01:15 PM

That is cool. You never know what surprises you find with these guns

George Lander · 06-25-2018, 05:04 PM

My "under the buttplate find" was on a VH bought from a collector up North. What was found was a South Carolina hunting license from 1909-1910 issued to a 12 year old boy whose address was less than 20 miles from my home. The Parker Letter showed that it had been shipped directly there.

Best Regards, George