Parker 12ga Grade "D"

[Dean Romig]

Cameron, the ID & Ser. book shows your gun as a straight grip, 28" with ejectors, single trigger, large forend (BTFE) and vent rib as options. It now sports a pistol grip stock so it is pretty likely that it has been restocked at some point in it's life. Nonetheless, it is a rare (unique) and valuable Parker as, according to the table on page 402 of Vol. 1 of The Parker Story, it is very probably the only "known" 28-inch trap gun of any grade.

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[George Lander]

Cameron: Dean is on the money. Except for the buttstock your gun checks out in the "BOOK". You have an extremely rare & valuable Parker, More so than the one at Cabela's. Join PGCA & order your letter for $40.00 today. You may well be surprised by what you find.

Best Regards, George

[Dean Romig]

Now to get down to "brass tacks", on the underside of the barrel lug should be 12 indicating the gauge and closer to the rear of the lug will be the frame size. Your gun should have either the 1 1/2 frame or the 1/2 frame . . . how is yours marked??

[MarketHunter]

Hmmmm the matting just looks odd, must be the cloudy pics.....

DLH

[Dean Romig]

Destry, I've seen both types of matting on vent ribs - both the wavy-line matting we're all accustomed to seeing as well as the "matte finish" as shown on this one.

[Dean Romig]

Cameron, you say your gun has extractors rather than ejectors but in the second picture showing the breech end of the barrels there is definitely a screw head visible on the doll's head to secure the retainer plate for ejectors . . . and the book says it was produced with ejectors, so . . . ?

[Bill Murphy]

Is there a screw at the north end of your forend? Maybe you could picture that area for us. Is the rib actually just finished with a matted surface or does it have a pattern of swirls machined or pressed into it? The trigger guard seems to be modified for the pistol grip. Is the serial number still engraved into the trigger guard?

[Dean Romig]

Cameron is probably too busy answering PMs offering to buy his gun to reply to our questions

[Bill Murphy]

Oh, well. So what else is new?

[Richard K. Johnson]

Cameron,

Are you related to Delbert Kulbeth?

Red Johnson