I have a few questions about a new to me Parker

[Mark Britton]

The compass is cool !

[Keith Doty]

Nice gun! Keep the compass, that's history right there.

[Tennessee Dave]

Ok, so I got the letter for this GHE today. It says it was completed in 1921 and was a GHE hammerless, 12 ga. with 28-inch Damascus barrels. Stock with capped pistol grip with LOP 14-1/8, DAC 1-3/8, DAH 2-5/8. Weight 7lbs. Price was $129.00
What would the chokes be if it says it was patterned RH 125 pellets and LH 225 pellets of size 7 shot in a 30 in. circle at 40 yards? I was surprised that it didn't tell anything about who ordered the gun, but at least it is as originally configured.

[Researcher]

From surviving hang tags I've seen a 12-gauge that light was probably targeted with a 2 5/8-inch shell with 1 1/8-ounce of shot. A 1 1/8-ounce load of #7 would go 336 pellets, so 125/336 = 37.2% 225/336 = 67%. About cylinder & improved modified.

[Tennessee Dave]

I am wondering if the price of $129.00 is normal for a GHE in 1921. It seems that the only extra option is the ejectors.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by David Livesay

I had already decided not to remove the compass. It’s part of the history of the gun.

Now all you need is "a thing in the stock that tells time..." and you'd have A Christmas Story Gun.

[Researcher]

I don't have a catalog with a 1921 retail price list, but this Dec. 1, 1920, Retail Price List shows a GHE at $129.

Dec. 1, 1920, price list.jpg

For Jan. 1, 1912, the GHE was $78.75. Prices started going up fast in 1916, Jan. 24, 1916, the GHE was $84.74. By Nov. 18. 1916, the GHE was up to $91.35. They peaked about the time of your gun, then came down a bit in the on into the 1920s.

By the Jan. 2, 1922, Retail Price List, the GHE was down to $113.75.

Jan, 2,1922, price list.jpg

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by David Livesay

I am wondering if the price of $129.00 is normal for a GHE in 1921. It seems that the only extra option is the ejectors.

The 1920 catalog has the price of a GHE listed at $129.00. A GH was $106.00.

[Tennessee Dave]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

I don't have a catalog with a 1921 retail price list, but this Dec. 1, 1920, Retail Price List shows a GHE at $129.

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For Jan. 1, 1912, the GHE was $78.75. Prices started going up fast in 1916, Jan. 24, 1916, the GHE was $84.74. By Nov. 18. 1916, the GHE was up to $91.35. They peaked about the time of your gun, then came down a bit in the on into the 1920s.

By the Jan. 2, 1922, Retail Price List, the GHE was down to $113.75.

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