About the Parker coach gun. I'll bet the hammer broke off when the wrist was broken. Was it thrown from the coach? I'll also bet the owner took it to a local blacksmith.
"Can you fix my busted gun?"
"Lemme see it".
The guard hands the smith the two pieces of the gun. He sits his heavy hammer on the anvil and turns his attention to the two pieces of shotgun. He fiddles with the bits and sees that they fit back together.
"Yeah I can fix this, but I'm not a wood worker. She won't look as good as she did before you tossed her into the dirt. I'll wrap her up tight with some wire and make another hammer. She should shoot good as new. It'll cost ya a buck half though."
When the guard test fired the gun it broke in two again. He didn't take it back to the blacksmith, but wired it up himself and then for safeties sake removed the firing pins figuring his boys would get hold of it and try to shoot it. Eventually it ended up in the closet. It sat untouched for generations.
Then you came along.
[I hope you folks don't mind my flight of fancy here. I'm new to the site and know that you are serious Parker collectors. But the story of a gun is important too, even if make-believe.]
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