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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
Some friend that has the Parker has this old gem as well. Cant find much info on it at all. Belgium made. 12 gauge. Does anyone know where I can get more info on this on this one? Maybe find a value.
Thanks
That one is going in every direction. It is obviously an attempt to play off the English Mantons. A famous name with a single initial appended is generally a tip-off. T. Parker, W. Richards, J. Manton etc. That gun is a Belgian and carries correct proofs, but personally I don't think it exhibits any characteristic of a quality or classic shotgun. Looks to be in decent condition, but the engraving is kind of crude with no real design theme and the stock is just weird. In my mind that is a $200 shotgun. That whole category of gun is hard to move.
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I wonder if a talented stockmaker could fit that stock to a Parker?
We can only hope not. Ten years from now there will be a long post trying to identify and trace the history of an incredible one off that isn't in the book.
It is a Henri Pieper Modified Diana 'knockoff' intended for the English speaking market, made 1910 to 1921 (there is no lettre annale)
The barrels are Faux Damascus décalcomanie over fluid steel. Pieper mostly used Cockerill steel. That suggests it was pre-WWI.
It doesn't carry Smokeless Powder proof but that is not uncommon on export guns as there was an additional expense for Smokeless proof.
Another “knock off”. The Belgians made a lot of stuff like this. With similar names to quality makers from other trades. In this case, Manton. You will also see the Richards name sometimes. And of course, Parker.
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