Parker “P” Grade Shotgun

[David Chambrelli]

Hi I am a new member and I am NEW to collecting and learning about Parker’s. I have a P grade with some ornate engravings and a Damascus barrel. Did the P grades have much engravings generally speaking? I checked the water table it’s marked with a “P”. Thank you !

[Jim DiSpagno]

Pictures would help as P grades had minimal engraving

[David Chambrelli]

I am trying to figure out how to upload the Parker P grade engravings will do asap. It’s a Damascus barrel and it’s hammer less.

[J. Scott Hanes]

"A" barrel? or Barrels?

[Dean Romig]

Is it a hammer gun or hammerless?

Does it say Damascus Steel on the top rib?

The “P” or Grade 1 in either configuration would normally have had either Twist or Laminated Steel.



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[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Is it a hammer gun or hammerless?

Does it say Damascus Steel on the top rib?

The “P” or Grade 1 in either configuration would normally have had either Twist or Laminated Steel.

Your post is a little confusing. A 'P' grade is a Grade one, but the inverse isn't necessarily so. I have never seen a grade 1 hammer gun with a P on the watertable, nor have I seen a P grade with anything but 'Twist' or 'Parker Steel' barrels.

[Dean Romig]

When I get home from deer camp I will post pics of both hammerless and hammer Grade 1 guns with Laminated Steel barrels.





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[Jim DiSpagno]

Edgar, a mutual friend acquired a20 ga. Hammergun late production that had a P on the water table

[edgarspencer]

It won't be the last time I was wrong, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the first either.

edit: TPS has an asterisk under 'laminated' to indicate there were, in fact, 20.

[Dean Romig]

Edgar, are you looking in the Grades section for both hammerless and hammer guns?





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