Babe Ruth's Parker?

[Forrest Smith]

http://www.gunsinternational.com/det...m?id=100083945

[Rod N. Gunn]

Hmmmmm... looks like the Bambino should have kept his gun in a dryer place. Showing the better condition gun along with the Babes rusty hulk is an odd marketing strategy.

[Dean Romig]

I would want to see empirical evidence of that claim.

Sure was 'rode hard and put away wet' wasn't it.

[Bill Murphy]

"BEFNAST"

[Ed Blake]

I think that gun has been offered before, or another Parker claiming to have belonged to Babe Ruth.

[Brush Buster]

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

I think that gun has been offered before, or another Parker claiming to have belonged to Babe Ruth.

Ed ;I believe you are correct on this ,I remember it being out there before ,and the condition looks as poor this time as the last ,I would think it is the same gun !

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

This gun was out earlier in the year. At that time it was offered with a second Parker and not for comparison. Supposedly the second Parker also belonged to Ruth and not used like the one that's being offered now.

Angel

[Lotsabeagles]

Murphy:

Amazingly, it doesn't say that. Maybe in a few more months?

[Old and Reliable]

[QUOTE=Angel Cruz;9582]This gun was out earlier in the year. At that time it was offered with a second Parker and not for comparison. Supposedly the second Parker also belonged to Ruth and not used like the one that's being offered now.

Angel- I loved the Bambino, although my favorite Yankee is the also late Joe DiMaggio. But what's to keep some gun hustler from switching the trigger guard to try to authenticate this well used Parker. Babe was pitching for the Red Sox when this gun was given to him circa 1919-1920, right? Any paper trail by serial number from a Boston sporting goods dealer who handled Parkers- A 12 gauge GH with 30" barrels, whether Damascus or Parker Special Steel, would most likely have been an standard inventory item I would think back then--

I won't disparage the seller, but I have seen his multi-page ads in Gun List- Executive Buying Service- as compared to maybe - Blue Collar Buying Service-and his trade mark line of "Because I buy, sell and trade I can pay more"- sorta like the P.T. Barnum approach in my viewpoint. I once wrote him about a 12 ga. DH no. 2 frame frame that supposedly had been restocked by Remington in about 1940- asked him for documentation and any stamped code to verify that claim- I never received a reply from him, you can draw whatever conclusion from that as you see fit-

[Tim Sheldon]

I wouldn't pay $500 for that pile of crap.