2 Frame 10 gauges

[PML]

I recently found a 2 frame EH 10 gauge with 30" Damascus barrels. The gun was made in 1904 and has a pistol grip stock and appears to have the hickory reinforcing rods. The gun is complete except for the missing buttplate. It only weights 7.44 pounds!!

1. How common are 2 frame 10's?

2. If you have one how much does yours weigh and what is the barrel length?

3. What timeframe did Parker use the Hickory rods?

Thanks

Patrick

[10 bore]

i have a 2 frame EH with 30 in. barrels made in 1889 that is 8 3/4 lbs, choked .025 in each side. it is my avatar pic next to the fat mallard. i love mine scott

[Bill Murphy]

#2 frame EH grade Damascus tens are pretty common. I have one with 28" barrels that weighs about what yours does. My #2 frame 27" Damascus DH ten weighs about 7 1/4 pounds. They were obviously ordered as bird guns. I have never seen a #2 frame fluid steel ten gauge Parker. DH ten #71767 was made on a #1 frame with 26" barrels, but I don't know the ordered or completed weight. Maybe Mark would look it up for us and post the order book and stock book weights of that unusual gun. This gun, #71767, may actually weigh under seven pounds.

[Bill Murphy]

Concerning the hickory rod, consider that any Parker could be a restock with the rod. A PGCA letter may shed light on whether the gun has been restocked.

[Bruce Day]

CH 10/26" . Photos on request.

[PML]

Originally Posted by Jent P Mitchell III

I once inspected a 2 frame 10 gauge Parker DH at an auction house before the auction that was described as a 12 gauge. One of the brothers, a part owner of the auction company, did not believe me when I told him the Parker DH was a ten bore. I asked him to wait a minute and went to the pick up truck and got several 10 gauge empty hulls and returned. He was shocked and a little upset when the truth was in his hands, they had paid a professional to appraise and describe the guns for the auction catalog. More than one of the several SXSs in the auction were described incorrectly. Good Shooting To You, Jent

Jent,
I had a similiar experience with this gun. It was presented as a 12 gauge by the seller and he did not want to hear my opinion that it was a 10.

thanks
Patrick

[PML]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Concerning the hickory rod, consider that any Parker could be a restock with the rod. A PGCA letter may shed light on whether the gun has been restocked.

It is not a restock. It is just an old brown gun that has seen alot of use. I should have weighed it before I cleaned it up, It may have been closer to 8lbs with all the crud that it was holding. Thanks for the info Bill.

Patrick

[Harry Collins]

#2 frame 1881 Lifter 10 gauge 30" barrels with .030 in both .802 bores! I don't know how much it weighs.

Harry

[Bill Murphy]

Harry, I love those .802 bores. No forcing cones to worry about. Bruce, I would love to see the letter on the CH 26" gun. Can you access it for pictures?

[Bruce Day]

No letter.

J B Stevens Jr
Dover, NH

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