Tough telling whether it is a 0 or a 1 grade. Not that it matters very much. Its real value can be measured as a family heirloom and not so much by its condition or attributes. It has mismatched hammers (the right hammer now allows for the opening of the action with the right hammer in the fully cocked position... I wonder if a previous owner did that by design?) It has seen an awful lot of hard use - but then, it is one of the lowest grades and was most surely regarded by its owners as a tool in its day.
Please don't misunderstand - I'm not knocking your Parker. We appreciate what these old guns were expected to do and under some pretty harsh conditions too. It may be a shootable gun but it certainly needs to be thoroughly checked out by an expert in the field of old double guns.
Congratulations on your family inheritance.
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