A little input needed on case colors - Page 2

edgarspencer · 09-13-2013, 03:43 PM

Other than the blued safety, nothing about that gun bothers me a bit.

C.O.B. · 09-13-2013, 04:37 PM

IMHO I believe the work to be that of Turnbull. You can send him the serial number and they will tell you if they worked on it or not. I bought a GHE 16 in original condition with about 50% CC at the Southern for just north of 5K. PG, SPF and Dogs head butt, 26 inch Damascuss bbls. This gun is very nice and original.

You want us to put a price on this for you which in all fairness to both you and the members of this forum is impossible. Why? because we don't have the gun in hand to examine. IF you would tell us what the asking price is we can at least make an informed guess if its accurate. I would subtract from the value (for barter points) the spacer in the stock but as soon as I acquired the gun it would be off to Harry Lawson to have a wood spacer painted to match the stock grain.

At the end of the day the decision to purchase is yours and yours alone. As a friend would say "you can't pay to much for a nice Parker, you might however pay to early".

Bill Bates · 09-13-2013, 05:04 PM

I collect Smith & Wessons and know well the "you didn't pay to much you; bought to early," saying.

The Parker for me will be a shooter. Honestly if you all had told me it looked like original case colors then I would pass and let a collector tuck it away. I have enough guns cluttering up the safe that don't ever get shot. Myself I would feel comfortable at $4 to 5K which might be possible but I also don't want to be to early.

C.O.B. · 09-13-2013, 06:11 PM

You still haven't said what the asking price is. How long are the barrels and whats the choke? Not that it matters to value (unless the barrels are 32's) I'm just curious. At 4-5K I don't think you would be paying early.

Ruff Hunter · 09-14-2013, 01:03 AM

Edgar, what's wrong with a blued safety on a Parker? Do you prefer them left polished silver? I don't think they were case colored at the factory, were they?

Dean Romig · 09-14-2013, 06:23 AM

They were. And we really can't tell if that one is blued or color case hardened and taken on a darker hue.

Bill Zachow · 09-14-2013, 06:39 AM

I must have been away from buying Parkers too long. In my opinion, $5000 for an obviously redone Parker with a cut stock and non original trigger and lengthened chambers is more than I would pay. The hole in the lower rib gives away the barrel redo. Again, in my opinion only, the gun would be easy to buy and hard to sell to a knowledgeable collector.

edgarspencer · 09-14-2013, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Justin Julian

Edgar, what's wrong with a blued safety on a Parker? Do you prefer them left polished silver? I don't think they were case colored at the factory, were they?

No, I also don't believe they were case hardened. I may be wrong, but I believe they were niter blued, which wears fairly quickly. The trigger guards were also niter blued. The safety on the subject gun appears to be hot blued, but if it's not, and it may just be the photo, appears to have the shine and hue of hot bluing.

B. Dudley · 09-14-2013, 07:28 AM

In my opinion, the gun has been refinished for sure. The colors and barrels exhibit no wear at all. And the stock finish is good, but the darkening up by the head and just the overall appearance of the wood points to refinishing. A gun with that high of original metal finish would not need a stock refinish. Also, if the gun was used much at all in the past 100 years, there would be some wear to the bottom of the action and the guard bow.
Also, the fact that the barrels have a weep hole tells that they have been blued since they left Meriden.

Speaking of the colors... They are VERY good in my opinion. I think that those colors are one of the best representations of what Meriden colors looked like in that time period.

The gun may or may not be able to be converted to double triggers. I think that altering of the trigger slots is required for a miller installation. So, that cannot easily be reversed without replacing the plate. Also, a large amount of wood would have been removed from inside the head to allow clearance do he trigger mechanism. So, a conventional DT safety setup would not work without a bit of wood repair.

Dean Romig · 09-14-2013, 07:35 AM

Edgar, please show us a picture of the safety slide and top tang of your "Pristine VH".