New to Parker Forum--Woul like some advice

[Jimwallman]

Thanks... Ive been cruising the site a bit and am finding it interesting to say the least.

[Opening Day]

Jim I see you are in MN one of the largest Parker dealers is in Duluth MN so you might want to get in touch with Jack Puglisi as he does consignments too

[Jimwallman]

Thanks for the info. I will email him. In your opinion would it be worth the 10 hour round trip?

[Opening Day]

Give him a call and talk to Jack you can discuss the price and if you like what he says just ship the gun up to him. He would get you a much wider audience for your gun. Just a thought

[Jim Akins]

The seller has it listed as a extractor gun, it is an ejector gun if the photos you posted here are correct, makes it worth a lot more; he has also cut out all the possible buyers from California, plus all the C&R holders. He can end a G/B auction at any time, I notice he has it listed else-where, if it were mine I would pick it up now! He surely doesn't know much about collectible firearms.

Jim A.

[Opening Day]

Jim I agree with "Jim" and I would pick the gun up and use another dealer, he can end the auction anytime and you own the gun he does not.... And he doesn't know his law so I would try someone else.....

[Jimwallman]

The difference between ejector and extractors. The shells can pop out seperatly.

[Labowner]

Extractor lifts the shells out of the chamber and Ejectors throw the fired shells out.

[Bindlestiff]

This from our FAQ web page:

Extractors and ejectors are two parts that perform the same function in shotguns. They both a aid the removal of shotgun shells from the barrels shell chamber.

In the case of the extractor, both the shells are pulled slightly up from the breach of the barrels as the gun is opened. This allows ones fingers to get under the shell and “extract” it from the gun.

A gun with ejectors looks and operates in exactly the same way when the shotgun shells have not been fired. But for a shotgun shell that has been fired, the ejectors “eject” the fired shell(s) from the gun with sufficient force to throw the spent case(s) over the shooters shoulder.

To identify one from the other, while looking at the opened breach end of a Parker barrels, the extractor is on the bottom edge of the barrel and spans both barrels. Ejectors appear to look the the same but upon close inspection the ejectors are split in the middle to allow only one shell to be thrown from the gun when one shell is fired and not the other.

It is common to find extractors on lower grade Parkers and ejectors on the high grade guns. Ejectors were an option when Parkers were ordered and may be found on low grade guns. Ejectors added as an option usually add value to a Parker’s sale price.