Let’s see some Lifters!

[Dakota Jeff]

I met Dean and Matt for the first time a few weeks ago at Pheasant Fest and let me tell you,anyone that got within 50 ft of the Parker display found themselves reaching for their wallet and trading cash for raffle tickets.As far as Dean getting my 12 lifter,he worked me over pretty hard,in fact I had to stop on the way home to check if it was in the case yet or he somehow got it away from me.

[GunnerGrilli]

Just love these old lifters!!!!!!!

[Stan Hoover]

Hey Bobby,
Thanks for showing us those great lifters, I think they're kinda like a disease

The top one there, are those Twist or Plain Twist barrels? I've not scene many with the welds that pronounced, is it because it was oxidized pretty heavily and then cleaned up? Is that possibly a 20 gauge that formally resided here in NE PA?

The lowest gun in the picture appears to have Stub Twist barrels, or am I wrong? It looks to have beautiful engraving and is possibly a Grade 5?

love the ball grips on the 2 lower guns,
Stan

[GunnerGrilli]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Hey Bobby,
Thanks for showing us those great lifters, I think they're kinda like a disease

The top one there, are those Twist or Plain Twist barrels? I've not scene many with the welds that pronounced, is it because it was oxidized pretty heavily and then cleaned up? Is that possibly a 20 gauge that formally resided here in NE PA?

The lowest gun in the picture appears to have Stub Twist barrels, or am I wrong? It looks to have beautiful engraving and is possibly a Grade 5?

love the ball grips on the 2 lower guns,
Stan

Hello Stan!!


The top gun is 17448, formerly the property of Mr. Koneski and prior to him Mr. Austin Hogan. Well documented in quite a few Parker Pages articles. The barrels are 28" "Plain Twist". I am actively looking for someone who can bring that beautiful old 20 back to life.


The lowest gun is a upgraded "A" Grade. The barrels are Stub Twist.


Yes, the ball grips are a favorite of mine as well! The 2nd to the lowest gun is a B Grade, made in 1874.


Bobby

[Dollar Grade]

As I was pursuing the thread I noticed that Larry Stauch’s very nice lifter photos from 12/25/21 is one serial number lower than one that I am the current caretaker of. There are some similarities and major differences in the engraving pattern. The dollar grade would be nice to know but it seems as though the page of the book isn’t legible. Unfortunately SN 4560 hasn’t been treated as kindly as 4559.

[Dean Romig]

I’m guessing a $200 quality. It’s so early that there were very few grade standard features yet. Even engraving coverage and design were left up to the engraver after he was told the level to which he should apply his work.





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[Jim DiSpagno]

It's supposed to be a wolf attacking a stag