New to Site w/old Parker

[Harry Collins]

Phil,

Welcome to the PGCA forum. Your Parker PH 16 gauge has seen alot of use. If it were mine, anything done to restore it would depend upon the condition of the barrels. Are they pitted? How deep are the pits? Do the barrels have dents, how many and how deep? What it boiles down to is could the gun be shot and used. There were many PH's made and they are low grade. Looking at what you have shown us you might be able to sell it for about $250. To replace the stock would cost about $1,000. The stock can be repaired for much less than that, however we must go back to the barrels to know if the gun can be used. Otherwise hang it above the fireplace. The curved top lever was left over from hammer gun production. It allowed the gun to be oppened with a cocked hammer. Please give us some better pictres and tell us about the barrels.

Kindest, Harry

[Double Play]

Harry,
I doubt anything could be done to save the wood. It appears as though pieces are missing and from what I can tell from Phil's photos the wood is well below the metal. You are correct that the condition of the barrels will determine if the gun is worth restoring.

[Phil Leggett]

I did spend some time looking over the barrels and they're the best part of the gun. There's no pitting that I noticed (without a magnifying glass) and the only dent is about the size of a nail tip (not head). I thank you guys for your information. This gun was left to my nephew by his deceased father. He gave it, along with several other guns, to me and I wanted to fix it up and give it back to him (even if only to hang over his fireplace).