Parker CH Grade

[OH Osthaus]

169481 according to the book is 12 bore grade 4 with Acme steel barrel with 30 inch barrels a capped pistol grip stock and no extras.

so it sounds original - except I might wonder about skeet and full. Its possible it was ordered that way, but also possible the right barrel as been opened.

[John Allard]

I forgot to mention that the bores are bright and appear very good. Question: What is a "grade Four"?

Assuming that my discription is accurate, is this gun worth $6,000?

[OH Osthaus]

[QUOTE=John Allard;85423]Question: What is a "grade Four"?
QUOTE]

grade 4 is a C

[C.O.B.]

It doesn't sound like an 85% gun but it does sound like it has honest wear to the engraveing and the lack of case color. What is the butt treatment? It should have a skelton but, meaning there will be an engraved outline of the butt in metal and the center will be checkered.

Take the forarm off the gun and check to see if there is any movement of the barrels on the action. If there is then it might be a tad loose or off face.

I would ask the seller if you could take some detailed pictures then you could post them here and we would have a better idea of condition and therefor render more assistance to you.

A CH Parker is a great start. I wouldn't worry about the chokes as I have a CHE 16 that left the factory with IC/F chokes.

[John Allard]

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll try to get some photo's and post them here for your analysis. Thanks, John

[C grade]

If the receiver is mostly silver, Trigger guard is silver , the barrel blue is about 85% the gun is not 85% overall. The amount of case color on the receiver is the primary determining factor in overall condition. I would guess the gun sounds like 10-20%. condition but impossible to say without really good pictures. Sounds like a nice gun though.
JMHO David

[Bill Murphy]

A PGCA letter could tell you what the original chokes were. A picture may help us determine the actual condition. Good luck. Not a lot of C grades in retail stores.