A 200.00 or grade 5 gun

[C.O.B.]

The later guns seem to have much more engraving on them compared to the early guns on a grade to grade comparison. I wonder why Parker would have increased the amount of engraving?

[Kevin McCormack]

Also need to PS that Dean's short but very accurate treatise on the difficulty of assigning a grade to a particular gun really hits it out of the park on this one - one of the best examples of a "Grade 5 1/2" I've ever seen. As a footnote to validate what we're talking about, when I sold this gun to a high-echelon collector, he told me the reason he wanted it was that it was so significantly different in engraving coverage and execution than the other 4 Grade 5 hammer guns he already owned, it "completed the niche" of that Grade in his collection array.

[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]

Bill, I read the article, very good read, had to have taken awhile to do all that research, for this gun, Thanks Kevin, Gary

[Alan B. Webber]

That gun is an absolute piece of work. Beautiful wood.

[charlie cleveland]

one truly nice gun...charlie

[Mike Franzen]

Another great hammer gun Gary! I'm looking forward to reading the article. The hammer guns are the most fascinating of all the Parker's to me.

[paul stafford jr]

just beautiful, that's a two finger gun if iv'e ever seen one!

[Drew Hause]

Remarkable 6 Iron "Oxford" barrels, which I added here, with an attribution
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19406549