Late Meriden GH 16g Skeet Gun

[B. Dudley]

A local gentleman had me do some work on this beautiful little 16g. Parker Skeet gun. It is a No. 1 frame Extractor gun with straight grip and factory BTFE. It was made in 1936. The last year that Parkers were made in Meriden before the move to Ilion. It is not all too often that guns like this surface.

There was a crack from being dropped that started behind the upper tang and went down the upper border of the one checkering pattern on the wrist. The finish was very dry in many spots. The checkering was not bad, but the border was nearly gone.
I sured up the crack, freshened up the finish and cleaned up the checkering and cut nice new borders.

The thing that I really notice about these later guns versus the early guns is the engraving is very different in appearance. Though it is pretty much the same pattern, it has a different style and feel to it. Heavier lines for sure.

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