A 200.00 or grade 5 gun

[Hammer Gun]

Thought I would share these photos of this 200.00 grade gun, 10 gauge 32" full&full, Letter says shipped to T Carter Salt Lake City Utah 1879, Gary

[Hammer Gun]

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[Setter Man]

WOW!!!!!!

[C grade]

Gary
Are you sure that is a $200 gun. A full teardrop on the bolster usually indicated a $250 grade?

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by David Dwyer

Gary
Are you sure that is a $200 gun. A full teardrop on the bolster usually indicated a $250 grade?

I thought a teardrop inside the teardrop was the sign of a $250.00 gun.
Absolutely beautiful gun, btw!

[Bill Murphy]

Read the article. I think Kevin included the Carter letter in the article. I have done a bunch of Carter research for another Parker. He is one interesting frontier businessman. Imagine what Salt Lake City was like in the 1880s.

[Hammer Gun]

Yea David I have a letter, gun cost 200.00

[Bill Murphy]

Is that the gun that Kevin McCormack once owned and wrote a DGJ article about? As I recall, his gun was a Carter gun. The serial number rings a bit of a bell.

[Hammer Gun]

Bill, Serial # 13565 do not know if it is the same gun, according to the letter by Mark the gun was returned for credit by T Carter, and was sold again to Nelson Soule Paducah KY in 1881, was returned by Nelson in 1885 to have barrels rebrowned @ 5.00 Gary

[Bill Murphy]

I think it is Kevin's old gun. Look for the DGJ article.