Parker two barrelled two ga. set

[Chip Beckford]

HI Bruce, Thanks for the note, as I am new at this, how do I find Glenn? Thanks, Chip

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Murray D. "Chip" Beckford

HI Bruce, Thanks for the note, as I am new at this, how do I find Glenn? Thanks, Chip

You can reach Glenn through the "Members List" on this site, but here's a shortcut for you:
http://parkerguns.org/forums/member.php?u=215
Then click on "send message", a drop down menu will appear, then click on "send a private message to Glenn" and from there you should be able to figure it out...

[Austin W Hogan]

Chip The 3 1 and 4 probably indicate 3 pounds 14 ounces if it stamped to look like 3 to the 14th power. This was the weight of the barrel blank before filing and fitting. About 15 - 20% of the original weight was filed away in finishing.

Best, Austin

[Chip Beckford]

Thanks Austin I appreciate it! Have a great Holiday, Chip

[Chip Beckford]

HI Bruce, I sent him a note but have not heard from him yet! Hopefully I will hear from him in the near future, thanks Chip

[Dean Romig]

I agree with Bruce. A stocker who can duplicate the seemingly insignificant nuances of an original Parker stock (which actually define an original Parker stock) is a rare find indeed.

[Dean Romig]

I had and subsequently sold two original Remington beavertail forends for D and C grade guns and both were stamped with a 2 above the serial number. So, that accounts for two and neither of them were in the ID & Ser. book.

[Chip Beckford]

Hello All, Happy New Year! In talking with another member he suggested that I ask for all your thoughts on who to get to do the restoration on my set. If any of you have any suggestions please send me a private message. I also talked to a restoration person in Michigan and saw some of their work on their site. Have any of you used Bachelder out of Michigan ? It looks like the butt stock will have to be replaced, but that at least one if not both fore ends may be savable, whcth will help with the cost. I also have talked to the people that I got the shotgun from and they are going to forward a letter from me to the person they got it from so hopefully I can trace it further from where it went after 1902!

Thanks for all the help everyone. Chip

[Opening Day]

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[Dean Romig]

Chip, you're lucky to have that lead to previous owners. That kind of link is usually lost, especially when these guns go through dealers rather than families.

Many years ago I just missed the opportunity to buy a DHE 16 ga that had documented links to Dwight D. Eisenhower with photos, letters from and to Eisenhower and Peter Johnson's book inscribed by Eisenhower. but someone beat me to the purchase. Mere days later I found he had sold it to Riley's in New Hampshire and when I went there the gun was for sale at more than twice the price I could have bought it for and Riley's knew absolutely nothing about the link to Eisenhower, the pics, letters or book. The guy obviously got rid of those somewhere else and the link was lost forever . . .