Interesting and confusing GH Parker at Pawn shop

[Bill Murphy]

If you have to find suitable donor barrels, which would normally be worth $800 or close, the back end of a pre-1900 GH should sell for about $400 or less. Remember, even with a good set of barrels, the end result will be a mismatched gun.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by David Livesay

Assuming everything but the barrels is in good condition what would a ballpark fair price be?

If you have to procure a good set of 32” or even 30” Damascus barrels (in keeping with how the gun left Meriden) and then have them properly fitted to the gun, I estimate it’s current value to be about $800.





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[Bill Murphy]

Dean, are you estimating value of the whole gun after fitting new barrels or the "half gun" as it is at present? I assume you are estimating the "half gun" at $800.

[Dean Romig]

Half gun Bill.





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[Ed Blake]

Buy it and look for another set of barrels. That floor plate engraving is too good to pass up. I wonder if a PGCA letter would shed any light? Anyone ever seen that engraving on another Parker?

[Dean Romig]

It took about 10 minutes to engrave that tree. Could have been an ‘end of the day’ gun.

But it would be nice if the letter addressed it.





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[B. Dudley]

You have to remember that the guns were built by men. And my guess would be that someone inadvertently cut too large of a circle on it and then needed to fill the space with something other than more turnips.

[Tennessee Dave]

I went back to the Pawn shop today and got a few more pictures. All the wood and checkering looks good and the side panels of the receiver are normal GH engraving. I did ask the owner of the shop to find out if the older gentleman (reportedly in his 90's) might have any more Parkers that he wanted to sell.

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[Tennessee Dave]

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[edgarspencer]

Unless you're all hung up on originality, You could have a pretty nice gun for short money. Someone like Dave Fjelline could strike those barrels at the breech end to look factory, and he has people to re-engrave the wedding rings and properly blue them. You wouldn't have a lot invested in an unusual gun and you could be proud you saved one. There are a lot of mildly messed-with guns out there that get overlooked because people are too hung up on the end game.