10 Gauge Parker

[Bruce Day]

Lots of Damascus Grade 2 extractor 10ga guns out there.. A person can check on numerous sales sites to see what others are asking . This gun has condition issues and would need work.

There is good reason to check mirror bores on a 115 year old waterfowler.

[Rod N. Gunn]

Finding a Parker in Oregon is rare in and of itself. If you're still in Oregon, take it over to Keith Kearcher in Bend, he is widely considered an expert on evaluating these types of barrels.

[tom tutwiler]

Believe on a 10 gauge nominal bore diameter is .775.

[Labowner]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

Believe on a 10 gauge nominal bore diameter is .775.

Yes today, I believe others have posted that they have measured factory bores that ranged way above that do to the tooling of the time and no set standard.

[Brush Buster]

For what its worth ,here is my two cents worth ,as it has been pointed out on this forum many times ,make sure what you have , by a competent gun smith familiar with Parker shotguns ,list it on Gun Broker ,start at $0.01 and the market will let you know the value very quickly !You can put a reserve and if you get the price that pleases you ,then you sell, if not ,the buyers of such guns will bid to what some one is willing to pay for the gun , I recently sold a nice " used " condition GH grade 12 Ga. with a little bit nicer condition than yours but in 12 Ga. not 10 ,the guys bid it up to around $650.00 and she was gone ,the gentleman that bought the gun e mails me occasionally and is very pleased with the gun and enjoys using it ,and it brought fair market value ! Just , " For What Its Worth "

[tom tutwiler]

I also sold a VH 16 Gauge on Gunbroker a few months ago. I also started it at a penny with all the exposed "warts" if you will listed. It sold for $700 as I recall, which was what I had in the gun, counting adding a new pad and having one barrel dent removed. Thus I made nothing and I lost nothing. What I will say is when I purchased the gun it has some "warts" listed and many other I found not listed. I will continue to troll looking for others that I think are a good deal. However, the days of purchasing guns without knowing what some of the particulars are is gone. Also are the days of buying "As Is" unless it truly is a project gun and I don't care what "As Is" is.

Geez sound like Bill Clinton now with Monica L.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Kirk Allen

I got the gun at an estate sale and the Grandson stated that the gun belonged to his grandfather who baught it new. He claimed his grandfather use to tell him stories about how that gun put food on the table during the depression. I picked it up in Oregon.

Almost wish you had not shared that. If it were my grandfathers gun it would be priceless to me - no amount of money would induce me to sell it. Keep it, enjoy it and when the time comes pass it along to the next generation.

[George Lander]

Kirk: I have removed the SN from my post per your request. I was merely trying to give you the information that you asked for. All the info posted here, especially that from Mr. Day, should be helpful to you in establishing value for your gun. While not extremely rare it is an interesting old waterfowler and could, probably, tell quite a story if it could talk. Part of that story will be in the PGCA letter when you receive it.

As for Mr. Huffman: "Opinions are like a......s, everybody seems to have one."

Just My Humble Opinion, George

[Bill Murphy]

In that serial number range, your gun could have left the factory with bores at approximately .775 or they could be bored at approximately .795 to .800. Anything much over .800 would be considered a gun that had been cleaned up. If your gunsmith does not have a bore micrometer, he is known in the trade as an average gunsmith, not one to work on or evaluate your or my gun.

[Kirk Allen]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

Believe on a 10 gauge nominal bore diameter is .775.

Bore measures at .774