1909 Parker VH Info Needed (Tiger Striped Case)

[B. Dudley]

Another example where the matting running off ended up not proving that the barrel length is altered. Book confirms 26" length. Providing it is accurate. Research letter would confirm.
Factory 26" barrels would add a little bit of a rarity factory to it. Just a little.

The colors on the frame are cyanide dip like the kind that DelGrego used to do. Cannot tell for sure if they would have been the shop to have done it or not. But it is NOT factory work. The top lever has been blued which is NOT correct. And it looks like based on your photos that maybe the forend latch was blued too??? but hard to tell with the lighting in the photo. And yes, the trigger guard blue is redone as well. There is some old oil or varnish on the gun's metal parts in areas that could stand to be cleaned off.

The gun is a 2 frame most likely based on the style of buttplate on it.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The gun is a 2 frame most likely based on the style of buttplate on it.

Brian, I have two 1 1/2 frame guns with that HRBP. It was also the style on the unfired VH shown here previously
3#8oz sounds pretty light for unstruck 2 frame bbls. Maybe Mr. Baker could get and accurate firing pin cl measurement.