RARITY OF PARKER LIVE PIGEON GRADES

[Jeff K.]

Here is the letter on my 20 Vh without a safety or dolls head. I also have a Dh 12 ga without the safety or dolls head.

[Dean Romig]

Larry, your AHE, having a single non-selective trigger is most likely to be choked alike in both barrels... right?

[Larry the Gun Guy]

The chambers are 2-3/4" and it's on a #1 frame. The right barrel, measured with the Galazan gauge, is modified in the right barrel and improved modified in the left barrel.

But, here's a DH on a number 2 frame that I saw at a gunshop. The gun has 32" barrels and the wood was cracking behind the top tang. I didn't buy it because there were no drop points off of the side plates.

The coolest thing about this gun is the flat rib, no concavity to it at all, and it was about 5/8" wide at the breach and narrowed to about 3/8" at the end of the barrels.

[Autumn Daze]

Larry, Thanks for the info. She looked a little heavy at the breech. They both look to be great guns.

[John Truitt]

A flat rib 32" DH sans safety. Very interesting.
Hard to pass on a gun like that.

[Bill Murphy]

Larry, where is the flat rib gun? I'll walk there tomorrow morning and pick it up. PM me or email me at wilmrph@verizon.net No hurry though, because it is gone by now. That is one nice gun.

[Bill Murphy]

Jeff, do you know who O.W. Gaines was? If not, let me know and I will tell you.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

That DH has been there for months. Nobody wanted it. They wanted $5,500 for it. I'll call tomorrow to see if it's still there and if so I''ll let you know Bill.

But what's the thinking on no drop points??

Here's some more pictures of the rest of the gun.

[Autumn Daze]

I don't know about the drop points. But judging by the size of the wrist on that gun it looks to be a competition gun. Maybe a letter would spell it out.

[Jeff K.]

Bill,
I do not know who O. W. is. I was not able to find anything on google.
Jeff