Parker Internal Hammer Sidelock Gun

[John D.]

Originally Posted by Mills

Very cool. Great material for a Parker Pages article

Exxxxxactly my thought as well when I first saw this thread.... Not that means much, of course - as I get to see a lot of threads...



John

[Bruce Day]

We will probably have the gun at Pheasant Fest if people want to see it. There will likely be about 28,000 people there. Spaces 1802, 04, 06. Thirty feet of exhibit space. Plenty of interesting Parkers.

[Bruce Day]

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[Mills]

Great gun and great photography as well

[Dean Romig]

Excellent pictures Bruce - Thank You.

Can you comment on the stock head where the wood would normally have been relieved to allow for the hammers - it appears that pieces were artistically glued in there or was the buttstock possibly replaced... any thoughts on that?

[Mike Franzen]

I would have never thought anything like this existed. Will you be bringing it to the southern?

[Bill Zachow]

For all the wonderful workmanship, I am surprised that the maker used such an ugly, oversized safety button. Otherwise, to me, the gun is exquisite.

[C grade]

I was able to locate the gentleman that has the mate to this gun that was in Vegas. I have a call into him. I will pass on any info I obtain.
David

[Dean Romig]

That would be great David. It would be interesting to know if both guns were done by the same person. Keep us posted please.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

What a tremendous amount of work to convert a Parker into a Lefever. Ingenious but in a way unfortunate for a nice Hammer Gun. I am curious to know how many of these exist.

Brad