Parker Bros 28 ga VHE

[Hammer Gun]

Rich, Does the barrels have Vulcan script? Never seen one that did not have the frame marked, might be an interesting article for the PP. How about a photo? Gary

[Joe D.]

The gun appeared to be O frame as I initially thought it was a 20ga. Was told it was a 28ga.. Yeah, I figured more than a few guys would be interested, hence the post. There were a couple other guns at different tables of interest. A very sleek AH Fox A grade (late style engraving) 16 ga. longer barrels and very nice wood $4500. Also a Parker repro in 20ga cased 2 barrel set $5200. A Parker VHE 20ga with Monte Carlo stock- very high priced. As shows go nowadays, it was better than usual. One gent had an Englsh made double rifle in 22 Hornet- Mint. Very tiny and sleek! $36,500.

[Richard Flanders]

Gary. Here's the best pic I can find. From 2006. Don't have all my gun pics on my computer here at the mine. I don't remember it having the vulcan script. It's pretty late gun. It does not have Parker Bros on the floor plate either. S/N 236007

[Double Lab]

Richard;
Could'nt read your s/n other than 23???? but I have a VHE 20ga, 235xxx, and a PHE 20ga ( the last one made) that is 4 digits later and neither one have any markings of Parker or Parker Bros. on the frame.

[Chris T.]

Richard, Is that a repar at the head of the stock?

[Pa SxS]

I took a drive to Gettysburg today to check out that 28ga. Met Kevin McCormick there. We looked at the gun, sorry to say the barrels had been cut to 28". There was quite a bit of separation at the muzzels so I'm just guessing that they were either 30" or 32" originally. Also, it was a VH, not a VHE. The owner didn't want us to take the gun apart unless we were serious buyers and we weren't

[terc]

A friend of mine won the Parker Raffle gun years ago. It was when the annual meeting was during the Pittsburgh gun show. It was a VH grade with out " Parker Bros" on the sides or bottom.
terc

[Richard Flanders]

Stock repair? No. There's finish wear on the corners of the cheeks. No repairs anywhere in the gun. This was my mothers gun when she was young though I'm not sure whether she ever actually used it.

[Kevin McCormack]

Chuck, I went back before I left and did some more close examination.

The 28 ga. had not only been cut to 28", but according to the SN book, left the factory with 26" barrels! So I shudder to think what it was cut back from (a 30" - ouch! or God forbid, a 32" - I think I need another Norvasc). And it looked like the ejectors (if there ever were any) had been replaced by a single extractor, polished out of patina with the rest of the gun. (BTW - the "up & down" engraving font of "Parker Bros" on the side is very characteristic of these first early 0-frame 28s).

The nice old 12 DHE had also been cut from 30" (again according to the SN book). Nice try on the antiquing of the muzzles & keels, though!

The third 26" VHE (interesting in that it had 'Parker" at the break on the bottom, no Parker Bros. on the sides, yet Meriden address barrels) was equipped with a hideous day-glo chartreuse raybar-type front sight, which stuck out like a Cyalume light stick. This contraption was held onto the front 1 1/4' of the rib with a small strip held down by not one but TWO screws through the rib!

The best thing about the whole trip was the jumbo sauteed soft-shell crabs lunch at the Shamrock restaurant in Emmitsburg - outstanding!

P.S. - What do you have to say to indicate that you are a "serious buyer"?

[Kevin McCormack]

Oh Yeah; I almost forgot:

The 28 ga. VH had a bend in the floorplate just aft of the screws where some moron had seated the screws first, then proceeded to pound on the forward lip to get it to fit precisely. (Second or third example I've seen of this). Where are the floorplate police!?