Serial Number Question

[Dean Romig]

"I'll need to check but it may be possible that Damascus barrels on Parker guns may predate Twist barrels on the lower grades."

I find Damascus Steel barrels on all but what appear to be the lowest grade... the dollar grade equivalent of the Grade 0 (often with no engraving and no checkering) which have Plain Twist.

I do find that the dollar grade equivalent to the Grade 1 have Damascus Steel barrels. quite a lot later - when the grades were identified by a number (e.g. Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4) Damascus Steel barrels were only used on Grade 2 and higher. Then Grade 3 and Grade 4 had Fine Damascus while Grade 5, and 6 had Finest Damascus.

[Frank Formeister]

There appears to be a round pin between the firing pin breeches but no, it does not lift.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Larry, yours is one of those that were made non-functional. Later frames didn't have that feature at all due to a design change.

[Frank Formeister]

Just some more info on this gun - it has 28" barrels, marked C12, J.L., & what I think looks like 48 stamped on them.

Barrels look pristine but would anyone know the wall thickness of the barrels at the muzzle?

Thanks

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Thanks Larry, yours is one of those that were made non-functional. Later frames didn't have that feature at all due to a design change.

Dean,
I believe you were refering to Frank but in any case the pin on my old lifter 3251 is also non-functional.

[Frank Formeister]

Wow! Now that's a Parker, what a beautiful gun.

[ch]

What a great couple of guns. Got any more pictures Larry?

[Double Play]

I don't want to impose on Franks thread but here are a couple of pics just for you Calvin.

[Frank Formeister]

Don't worry about stepping on my thread. Anyone with old Parkers can step in and show us pictures which contributed to their success and the fascination that followed for more than a hundred years.

Being a novice on this forum and I admit I haven't searched them all, would it be possible to have a thread or database where we can see, in numerical order, serial numbers of guns still in existance? At least those on this forum.

[Dean Romig]

Frank, we do not have such a compilation of known Parkers "still in existence" but from the Home page you can access many, many pictures of guns of various grades owned by PGCA Members.