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Unread 03-27-2023, 06:46 PM   #11
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It's OK. Has those very dangerous Damascus barrels that are an accident just waiting to happen, and that gaudy engraving, waaaay over the top. I'll give you $500 for it as a parts gun.
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Unread 03-27-2023, 10:06 PM   #12
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It's OK. Has those very dangerous Damascus barrels that are an accident just waiting to happen, and that gaudy engraving, waaaay over the top. I'll give you $500 for it as a parts gun.
Go Easy there Mike, did you notice that bent top lever?
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William, It's nice to see my 16ga BH traveled in good company to the Boston show in 1898.
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Interesting history! Thanks for that.
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Go Easy there Mike, did you notice that bent top lever?
Edgar, figured William already noticed that badly bent top-lever so I didn’t mention it.
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Edgar, figured William already noticed that badly bent top-lever so I didn’t mention it.
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It is extremely rare to find a high grade Parker that Parker Bros. was so proud of that it was their dedicated show gun, as explained in the research letter!
I have a 16 gauge GH on the 0-frame with 26” Damascus barrels that was made for the 1893 World’s Fair Columbian Exposition.
Yours is a real prize!!





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This plebeian damascene 28” 16 gauge GH 1 frame also accompanied the subject gun to the 1898 Boston Show. Though not nearly as baroque, it got to go along for the ride.
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What a beautiful uniorm Damascus pattern on those 4-iron crolle barrels!!





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The better part of 9 years as a display gun. Imagine the hands it passed through. I wonder how many guns its’s influence sold. Looks like it eventually got to spend some time in the field or marsh.
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