Beginner here, with new to me Parker DH

[winplumber]

Well I got that backwards ! Cal must have large hands, and I like the gun too !

[Drew Hause]

Cal: you will soon have what will be a nice 'shooter', but very few 100 year old guns couldn't benefit from a disassembly and cleaning by a doublegun / Parker specialist like Brian Dudley. And before use it is obligatory to have the wall thickness of the barrels checked.

Clean up tips that might help
http://www.lcsmith.org/faq/cleangun2.html

[Drew Hause]

And BTW: someone may certainly use my suggestions on the Smith site as a starting place for Parker specific cleaning for the FAQ on the Home Page here.

[Cal Genereux]

Thank you gentlemen all. I had been to the Smith site as I also own a LC Smith that I bought on GB. I have ordered a Big 45 Frontier pad. I had just watched a youtube video on that this morning. I watched with some suspicion as it looked like a simple steel wool scouring pad. But with your recommendation I'll give it a try. As soon as my new gun arrives, I'll take some good close-ups and post them here to let you all evaluate and suggest my next steps. Again, thanks to you all. And finally a few more pics from the ad: