Parker Identification

[John Davis]

Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts

Well darn. The thing they oughta realize is that these folks could tell the truth, in this case I'm gonna sell it. And he would have gotten the same assistance. He ain't worth the worries. What a configuration though. I think one our members bought a 3 frame 34"-12 ga a few years back, am I right on that JD? Other than that I have not seen one.

You are correct. BHE. Choked: right barrel tighter than Dick's hat band / left barrel tighter than a bull's a$$. Weights a couple of pounds more than me. Has it's own set of value detracting issues however. You will probably see her in June in the Bo Whoop competition.

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by John Davis

You are correct. BHE. Choked: right barrel tighter than Dick's hat band / left barrel tighter than a bull's a$$. Weights a couple of pounds more than me. Has it's own set of value detracting issues however. You will probably see her in June in the Bo Whoop competition.

You mean I will see her "again". While my memory is not great at times a 34" B Grade 12 Ga on a 3 frame is the sort of thing that sticks with me. I shall look forward to it.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts

You mean I will see her "again". While my memory is not great at times a 34" B Grade 12 Ga on a 3 frame is the sort of thing that sticks with me. I shall look forward to it.

Thirtyfive years ago I remmember many of the trap shooters saying a 32” O/U was to hard to get around quickly on the second shot at trap doubles . Bet they’d really cry about a 34” 3 frame

[todd allen]

He could have spent the 50 bucks for membership, ordered a factory letter, and sold the gun for a fair price, all at this site for less than a hundred bucks.
But on the plus side, we got to look at an interesting gun.
As the Baptists say, bless his heart.

[Spin Drift]

Just went through the ad pics. A right wanker has been at that gun. His opening bid would be for a non effed up specimen. Too paraphrase the hose trade, that one has been rode hard and put away wet. What hasn't been mentioned is the oil soaked forend, and really buggered and timed floor plate screws. The erosion around both firing pin holes is interesting, I wonder how many boxcars of shells have been through both barrels. The no safety leads me to believe that it was used as a live bird gun. Full howitzer loads through both barrels would explain the head stock split. It might not be a functional gun.

I have a great shooting no safety DH made the same year that doubles with some regularity, crushes the bird and your shoulder at the same time. It also has the erosion at the firing pin holes which allows primers to back out and effectively locking the gun closed. I have a $3500 quote letter from Larry D. for the cost to put that gun right.

Caveat Emptor!

[John Allen]

That gun will be lucky to bring $3000 in todays market. It needs a minimum of $2500 restoration work. There were 2 DH 32" guns at the Ohio Gun Collectors show last weekend in similar condition. One sold for $1800 and the other was priced at $2500 and did not sell. 34" barrels and #3 frame will add value,but not more than $1000.It is a $3000 fixer upper.

[Dean Romig]

Boy did I make a big mistake when I assigned a value to this one.

I just went back and enlarged all of the pictures and saw lots of things I hadn't seen before and I edited value right out of my post.
I was lusting over the configuration rather than paying closer attention to the badly worn engraving, checkering worn smooth and poorly re-checkered just to name two.

I bow to those who suggested about $3k though even that might be high.

Apologies to all.





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[Mike of the Mountain]

Maybe in the future when someone asks for value they are told “It is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.”

[Dean Romig]

That’s certainly the truth but I would never say that to soneone seriously asking.





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[Craig Larter]

A 3 frame 12ga. Parker is a quisasential duck gun in my opinion. I am fortunate to own 3. They bring a 2x premium over a 2 frame with similar condition in my opinion. Barrels over 32" bring a 3x premium. Most are not overbored or have tighter than .040 chokes. Super Foxes are overbored to .748 and .049 chokes.