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CSL · 10-10-2011, 06:27 PM

No thanks Bruce, Not my idea of a good time, you boys can have the north woods all to yourselves...

I'll be busy bird Hunt'n in the West with my Parker's...

Francis you can also send some photos of your rare AH/AAHE? Parker pair to me, i'll post the images for you and say they belong to Bill Murphy, so No one will ever know the AH's actually reside with you... I'm sure Murph will be ok with that...

Best, CSL
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Bill Murphy · 10-10-2011, 06:41 PM

Chris' link sure brought back some memories. I think I'll go pop a couple of Tylenols.

CSL · 10-10-2011, 06:55 PM

You got me chuckling Bill, I had a feeling when I posted that link you might get lost in that "long winded" thread for a while... It got me too, I was rubbing my eyes for an hour after reading through some of it...

Best, CSL
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Bruce Day · 10-10-2011, 07:23 PM

Well Chris, I appreciate your best regards. You'll be pleased to know that a couple of us were just recently thinking about hunting out west with our Parkers. So let me know and I'm sure we can get together , particularly if you have some good bird ground.

I have good ground to hunt in Montana, Wyoming, Nevada and in Sutter and Yuba Counties in Cal, but nothing in Idaho, so you could be a major help for there.

Bruce Day, new Parker collector

10-10-2011, 08:28 PM

Chris, I do make typos and miss-spelling errors, as we all do. How does the saying go- "If the Good Lord planned us to be perfect, why do we have erasers on pencils still today?"" As a lad, I knew my Granddad had two fine 12 Parkers, but I didn't pay all that much attention to them, or even his hammer 12 Purdey-- I didn't know an island lock from Long island.

I am sure I was in error if I had indeed written AAH or even A-1 Special, Granddad loved the A-1 steak sauce and often call his Parker of the day his A-1 birdgun-- they both are grade 6- thank you Parker Brothers for using a number grading system, with exception of the Trojan and Vulcan grades of course. I thought the two 12 Trojan grades I have owned were the same Parkers as his- not until later on did I begin to see the difference.

I have, hopefully, learned a lot from all the members on the PGCA, and still have more to learn. One thing concerns market values of Parkers and other high quality firearms- do a market search and check the auction sites to see prices for guns comparable to yours. I believe my Granddad's guns would be worth waaaaay more if they were 20 or 28 gauge, rather than 12- they don't have ventilated ribs or beavertailed forearms, and show some honest wear, just like my Model 12's and lower grade LC Smith 12's--

Had I realized the "strum und drang" my apparent mistaken description of them when I first joined the PGCA, I might better have not said anything- said with the wisdom of 20-20 hindsight.

Bruce- thank you for your kind words. I respect any man who has put his life on the line in combat to keep our Country safe- no matter what branch of the Military or whether he was an O-6, as you were, or an E-6 in my case. I also appreciate your efforts to further Boy Scouting and your leadership in that fine organization, as well as your club's fund raisers to fight Cystic Fibrosis. I hold you in the same highest regard as I do John Dunkle, who, with his wife, set up Renwish to provide aid to a Country that always seems to get the proverbial "short end of the stick". There are, I am sure, many other members of our PGCA, both Forum, Annual and Lifers as are you and John, who also do good works and ask no recognition for that.

Now, let's let the 'sleeping dogs lie- or is that lay?'- and move ahead to grow our membership in the PGCA- as a team!!

Bill Murphy · 10-19-2011, 08:16 AM

I looked at the link for the BHE 0000 frame .410 Repro. The pictures of the BHE are still there, but the description has been changed to a "Custom engraved 3 barrel set A-1 Special". I wonder where the BHE is? Gary, do you have some information that it was sold for $29,000? There is no evidence of a 3 barrel A-1 Special except in the description. I think this fellow has lost track of what he really has.

billie bryant · 01-09-2012, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I looked at the link for the BHE 0000 frame .410 Repro. The pictures of the BHE are still there, but the description has been changed to a "Custom engraved 3 barrel set A-1 Special". I wonder where the BHE is? Gary, do you have some information that it was sold for $29,000? There is no evidence of a 3 barrel A-1 Special except in the description. I think this fellow has lost track of what he really has.

bill the BHE sold for full price & the 3 barrel A1 spcl. is from bobs collection also, granddad has quite a few combos, along with a very nice 410/28 purdy combo that will be listed this year? thanks, robert

Hammer Gun · 10-18-2011, 08:57 PM

Well hell, Did that 410 repo sell at 29000 ? How many did they make? I am not a repo man but the gun sounds interesting, Bill I was in Cantilly when I got to see the AHE 410 made by Parker Bros I believe it is the only one! It was under a table and it was not in high condition but! I was told the owner paid 115000 for it. It was beautiful in it's day. Gary

Bill Murphy · 10-19-2011, 08:03 AM

Who had the .410 AHE under the table? I haven't heard about it since it sold at auction.

Opening Day · 10-19-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Who had the .410 AHE under the table? I haven't heard about it since it sold at auction.

Bill,
When we we in Chantily for the PGCA meeting and I had the skeet guns displayed, the man that bought the gun came up to me and we talked for about an hour or so, he wanted to use some of my old shell boxes and catalogs for a photo shoot with that 410. He did come up to the suite that evening with his son but he was very tight lipped about the gun.