Inherited Parker

[Garth Gustafson]

Joe, since this is a family gun and you’re planning on passing it down, order a letter. Factory records might answer some questions.

[Joseph Castle]

Originally Posted by Garth Gustafson

Joe, since this is a family gun and you’re planning on passing it down, order a letter. Factory records might answer some questions.

Thanks Garth! I've ordered a research paper on it, plan on building a velvet lined walnut box for it at our shop and storing it with dessicant packs to try and protect it for my son. Been looking for a local gun smith but may end up having to ship it. Found a little more on the other DBBL, it's a colton's firearms, c.1900-1901. Sold by Sears Roebuck, manufactured in Toledo, OH. Doesn't seem to be a registry on these so that's likely as much as I'm going to find. As a side note on the Parker, I did find a serial on the side of the barrel lug that matches the serial on the water table, not sure if this is normal as the only place I've seen the serial being spoken of is on the water table but if this is standard it looks like the stock/barrel are original to each other.

[Austin J Hawthorne Jr.]

There should also be one on the forend iron, under the trigger guard, and on the stock under the trigger guard. There could also be one under the forearm tip. If you want to unscrew all these pieces to check be sure to use a screwdriver that fits snuggly in the screws so you do not damage the screw heads.