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I have a BHE 16 with Damascus barrels that was made in 1925 so 1926 does not seem unlikely.
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12-25-2019, 11:45 AM | #14 | ||||||
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Instead, How about... Lets start with serial and pics. All can be verified from that. Instead of speculating.
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12-25-2019, 01:42 PM | #15 | ||||||
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I agree, serial number at least,
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12-25-2019, 06:05 PM | #16 | ||||||
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I remember at the Vintagers at least 10 years ago when it was at Pintail Point, a guy was shopping around a Parker hammergun with Vulcan barrels that had been fit to it. It was a nice job. Wish I’d bought it. Austin had a gun like that, a cobbled together shooter. I disremember who got that gun after he passed.
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That is the Editors gun I believe.
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12-25-2019, 10:29 PM | #18 | ||||||
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Yes, the Editors’ Gun is currently in my possession but will soon be sent on to Mike and Susan Koneski. It is indeed a good shooter but is far from “cobbled together”.
Before it was Austin’s it belonged to Robin Lewis. When Robin acquired the gun it already had the Vulcan Steel barrels. The barrels are a very good fit and the job was done properly by changing the entire lug. The gun had become Austin’s everyday shooter and he literally shot it every time he shot trap, SC, Skeet and other shotgun games and it has begun to ‘loosen’ a bit. It’s not off face but there is a bit of play with the forend off. Several other alterations and improvements have been done to it as well. I will write a short article on it so that everything will be documented for posterity and so that everybody can read about it. .
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12-25-2019, 10:53 PM | #19 | |||||||
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12-26-2019, 10:24 AM | #20 | ||||||
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What's the lowest grade hammer Parker produced?
In the meantime, the owner is in search of the firearm and it should hopefully turn up over the weekend or so. Kind of difficult to negotiate the purchase of a missing object. |
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