1895 12 GAUGE PARKER..DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

[Bill Murphy]

This is the first time I've seen a set of 1/2 frame barrels installed on a #1 frame gun, but my DHE 16 is the first time I had seen a set of #1 frame barrels installed on a 1/2 frame receiver. Have any of our members ever seen a set of 1/2 frame barrels without automatic ejectors, as on Mr. Scores' gun?

[Austin W Hogan]

Bill; I remember an early Parker, with 1/2 frame barrels mounted, at Las Vegas several years ago.
I no longer have the Remington correspondence I used to prepare the PP articles on shut down of the Parker operation, but I have some memory of it.
Ilion barrels were made on Remington machinery,
Ilion barrels carried no steel trade mark. A started gun could be finished to any grade ordered.
Complete sets of Parker parts were furnished to Lefever and Griffin and Howe
There were shortages of frames and fore end irons
Parkers were still priced without ejectors in the paperwork, but there were none in the last 100 odd started guns

Parkers were made and/or upgraded by the Remington Custom Shop for Remington directors, officers, and employees.

Best, Austin

[edgarspencer]

Bruce, I know what you mean about Colts and their values. I have been a student of SAAs for over 50 years and will always be just a student. It shouldn't be any mystery to you that a worn 1st gen will be worth twice what a new one costs. The mystery lies in the fact that 3 seemingly identical worn first gens can be valued from $2k, $6k, and +$20k. I have had over 50 of them and still have many. Like the hammer "Wall Hanger" the BP framed guns can be shot, with care. I sold one just this week, but you'll be proud of me; it was to fund a Parker purchase.