Just Got Her Home!

[Mills]

Looks like an awful nice, well used early Parker with lots of potential. Good luck with her and keep us posted on your progress. Perfect for big ducks and turkeys.

[Harold Pickens]

I was looking at a 10 ga lifter earlier this week. It belonged to a friend of mine, and had an 8000 range serial #. Kind of in the same shape as yours, needing a lot of TLC. What does that gun weigh with those 32" tubes. How common was a straight grip on those big guns?

[Mills]

It seems straight grips are more common on earlier Parkers than on later Parkers.

[wayne goerres]

Congratulation on your purchase. You have a lot of work ahead of you. Your gun is off face witch I am sure you know. From the photos it looks like your breech face is your biggest challange. Its pretty pitted and it looks like you may have to bush the fireing pin holes. It makes me wonder what the inside of the barrels look like. Good luck with the project.

[Eric Dehn]

You couldn't be more right, Wayne! Re-facing the breach will be the biggest challenge by far. As I mentioned, the bores appear to have some light surface rust. I need to purchase a 10-bore brush to get an accurate feel of their true condition. My sense is that they'll clean up well. I intend to keep the original wood and not discard it, but I believe a re-stocking is warranted. All-in-all, not a bad pick up for less than $450! As previously stated, I believe I'm fortunate to have many top-shelf gunsmiths where I'm located that can pre the necessary guidance should I need help.

[Eric Dehn]

Harold, She weighs in at a hefty 10 lbs (give or take an ounce or two). That's a load to be humping around in the field...

[OH Osthaus]

a few inches of barrel do not save much - my 30" 10 lifter weighs 9 plus a little

[David Hamilton]

My 10 ga lifter with factory barrels at 28.25" weighs 9.5 lbs. It is on a # 2 frame. Heavy but swings like a champ on pheasants and some clays. David

[charlie cleveland]

theseold big bores are heavy but you appreciate one of them when you need that extra 5 yards to bring that bird home....charlie

[wayne goerres]

Eric Sometimes pic's are decieving but to me it looks like the wood is very salvagable. It may be a little oil soaked in the head. Try dissambleing your gun then soak the wood in a stiff solution of Murphy oil soap for about an hour. It will clean off a lot of that old dirty finish and give you a much better look at your wood. Not much work,you may be surprised at what you have. I also have a parker lifter 10ga along with about six others and surprisingly it is the softest shooting 10ga I own. Its also one of the lightest.