Herb,
That sounds like a wonderful higher grade lifter. I am hopping you will post pictures when you have a chance. Looking forward to hearing more about it.
On you other question about that 3000 serial number gun. That sounds like a nice one too. That is not the first year of production thought, a 3000 serial number gun was made in 1874. I have 3 guns in the 3000 serial number range they a nice examples of early Parker lifters. At $400 I would have already bought it no mater how rough it was...
The early guns do have the squared breach vs. the later radiused breach that came along around the 13000 serial number range(I believe). The squared breach is not as strong(and there were/are examples of cracked frames) though I shoot RST and appropriate reloads in mine. I also like all of the early Parker lifters including the back actions so my value of them may be higher than others...
Quick Edit...the gun in my Avatar is a 3000 serial number Parker
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