New Member with ancient Parker

B. Dudley · 03-30-2012, 09:30 AM

Yup. It's a wall hanger. That is worth whatever anyone will pay. Maybe about 100 - 150 for one in this condition.
And it looks like it has the typical, very loose breech.

OH Osthaus · 03-30-2012, 10:54 AM

What they are trying to politely say is that this is not really a "Parker" shotgun. At least not a Parker Bros.

The Belgium gun trade had a habit of using the names of quality makers on some low quality shotgun, guns that have no connection to the quality gun makers whose name they "borrowed"

very little if any monetary value- if it is G-G-grandpa's hang it on the wall, but (my own humble opinion) it may be best to leave it in non shooting condition

Bruce Truesdell · 03-30-2012, 01:10 PM

Thanks to all of you for your kind advice. The gun does have "Parker" stamped on it next to an image of a running deer, so I thought it was the real thing. And, yes, the breech is loose. I had no idea of what to do about it, but you have convinced me its a wall-hanger. Sob!