Cased Parker

[10ga Hammer]

She's puurrrdy.

[Ronald Moore]

Is gun still for sale , if so I am intrested.

Ron Moore

[Dean Romig]

Speaking of Cased Parkers...

A fellow e-mailed these pictures quite a while ago asking about the rarity of a PHE .410...

I said that Ed Muderlak's book Parker Guns the Old Reliable suggests there was only one but then I heard there might be another... who really knows for sure...? "Unique"? "Exceedingly Rare"? Either adjective might describe it sufficiently.



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[Double Play]

In his attention to detail Marvin never forgets to get all the screws into proper alignment.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Speaking of Cased Parkers...

A fellow e-mailed these pictures quite a while ago asking about the rarity of a PHE .410...

I said that Ed Muderlak's book Parker Guns the Old Reliable suggests there was only one but then I heard there might be another... who really knows for sure...? "Unique"? "Exceedingly Rare"? Either adjective might describe it sufficiently.



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We do know that there is one made up PH 410 that was auctioned at Julie's 5 or 6 years ago (same year that we had the annual meeting in DC) there is another floating around (Midwest maybe) that is suppose to be near mint but and it is a real big "But" won't letter.... Ed said he had heard about 4 PH 410's not sure if the Julia's and the rumored gun above were part of his estimate, we only talked about it once. Eric

[Kevin McCormack]

The PH/E .410 chase is a rare one indeed. Of the 3 definitely known to exist (e.g., able to be held in hand and examined), one is indeed a righteous gun that came out of New England via Virginia and now resides in the Midwest. The second gun is freely admitted to be an upgrade (not a 'fake') - whereabouts unknown - and the third gun is (presumably) the one that "won't letter". Ed's reference to a 4th gun came out of a rumored "deal in the works" involving a longtime Parker collector who tried to "coax" it out of the proverbial second floor hall closet in a row house up in the PA coal country. Nothing ever came of the deal; the collector still maintains its "real" but can provide no details and reprortedly was never able to make any progress on getting the owner(s) to set a price.

[C.O.B.]

I saw a PH 410 in Sanford, NC my first year attending the Southern in either 05 or 06. I can't remember if it was an ejector gun or not, but seem to remember some speculation as to it's originality.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Richard Anderson

I saw a PH 410 in Sanford, NC my first year attending the Southern in either 05 or 06. I can't remember if it was an ejector gun or not, but seem to remember some speculation as to it's originality.

Rich I think that was the Julia's gun that they were showing before the auction.

[Joe Roberts]

Hi Kevin, thanks for your post & info on "Original" Parker Cases, I have one but can not identify the manufacturer, any comments/help.

Joe

[Bill Murphy]

The confusion about P Grade .410s is caused by the lack of identification of specific guns. This confusion would be eliminated if the individual guns were identified by serial number or some other identifying feature. Mr. Gabriel makes an attempt to do this in his interesting book.