A question from a new forum member

[Dean Romig]

Hi Dave,
Please supply the serial number and someone will
supply you with basic indformation on your Parker.
The letter stamps you describe are not familiar to us.
Perhaps they are a previous owner's initials.

[Dave Bowersox]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Hi Dave,
Please supply the serial number and someone will
supply you with basic indformation on your Parker.
The letter stamps you describe are not familiar to us.
Perhaps they are a previous owner's initials.

Dean, thank you for getting back to me. The serial number is 64220

[Double Play]

Dave,
Your gun is listed as a 0 grade hammerless 12 gage with 30" plain twist barrels and a capped pistol grip stock made in 1890.

[Dave Bowersox]

Originally Posted by Larry Frey

Dave,
Your gun is listed as a 0 grade hammerless 12 gage with 30" plain twist barrels and a capped pistol grip stock made in 1890.

Thank you Larry for getting back to me. I agree with the 0 grade. It does have the vented rib and the serial number in every place I have looked said the #64220 was manufactured in 1891. It has wear but no abuse and has not been refinshed. I had it at Cabela's yesterday and after about a hour of inspection by Dan in there gun library he said that it was worth around $3000.00 because of the condition of it. Does that sound about right.

Thanks again.

[B. Dudley]

Please post pics if you can. It would have to be in pretty darn good condition for an 0 grade (P) to be worth that much.

I agree that the letters on the receiver are most liley the owners initials. Most likely added by the owner. Are they punched? Or engraved?

[Autumn Daze]

An O grade gun would be a Vulcan grade gun in the hammerless model. A P grade gun is a grade 1 gun and the twist steel barrels would be an indicator of a grade 1 gun also. You say the gun has a vent rib. In 1890 Parker Bros. did not offer a vent rib gun so the rib must have been added later either by the factory or some other outfit such as Moneymaker or possibly Simmons. Although I am not sure if Simmons did vent ribs on double guns.Good quality picture would be a great first step in solving this mistery.

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

An O grade gun would be a Vulcan grade gun in the hammerless model. A P grade gun is a grade 1 gun and the twist steel barrels would be an indicator of a grade 1 gun also.

Dave,
I don't have my serialization book at home here but when I looked up that number today the code was PT which corresponded to a O grade with Plain Twist barrels. Did Parker make Vulcan barrels in 1890?