Help with a Nice DH

[Rick Bowles]

Howdy,


This is my first post here though I contribute on several gun and knife forums. I'd like to start by saying I think it great to require folks to use their real names. Now, I have an old friend that doesn't have a computer and doesn't want one! He has a Parker DH grade that he is going to sell but he's had it forty years and has no idea of current value. I've looked at the auction sites but I know value is mostly a function of scarcity and condition. This 1903 DH is pretty common, 12 ga. and 30" barrels and no automatic ejectors, which were first offered a year earlier, but I think there is quite a bit of condition and the gun appears to me to be original and unmolested. I would appreciate the opinions of those who know. Thanks in advance.

[edgarspencer]

Condition is very nice. Assuming it's a 2 Frame gun, I'm confident it would fetch $3800-$4200. If it's a 1 1/2 Frame add a bit more. Originality is the key, i.e., uncut stock & barrels, bores as they left the factory.