Parker two barrelled two ga. set - Page 2

Bruce Day · 12-22-2009, 01:54 PM

CH SN 65,557, heavy 12ga Bernard, light 10ga Damascus. #2 frame.

Chip Beckford · 12-22-2009, 02:57 PM

Hi Austin, Thanks for the information. I will look at the barrels to see the weights and forward the information. As I mentioned I want to restore it and it probably will need a re-stock. I did talk to Wenigs this morning to get some costs. Any suggestions from any of you on a reasonable priced stocker would be appreciated. Thanks again, Chip

Chip Beckford · 12-22-2009, 03:50 PM

HI Again, Thank you to all of you who have answered my questions so far. I will try to get some pictures of this set over the holidays, and am looking forward to getting the research letter back to continue the story. I do want to restore this and am excited about getting more information and thoughts from you all.

Chip Beckford

Bruce Day · 12-22-2009, 03:58 PM

There is a good stockist up in Wisconsin somewhere who is a buddy of Glenn Fewless. Suggest you private message Glenn and ask about his buddy. He and Glenn came up to the last UP shoot and to the Puglisi Duluth shoot.

The trouble with most aftermarket stocks is that they do not look like Parker stocks.

Dean Romig · 12-22-2009, 04:48 PM

I agree with Bruce. A stocker who can duplicate the seemingly insignificant nuances of an original Parker stock (which actually define an original Parker stock) is a rare find indeed.

C.O.B. · 12-22-2009, 05:29 PM

Austin mentions serial numbers of 70000 and under so I wonder if the two bbl sets were more common under the Remington era. I have a GHE 16 skeet two bbl set and have owned two other two bbl sets both GHE one a 20 the other a 12 trap/skeet set.

Austin W Hogan · 12-22-2009, 08:56 PM

Rich; I took a look at the 235000 plus serial range; Parkers with "extras" seem more "popular" with respect to number made at that time. There were about ten "all up" guns, trap foreend, vent rib, single trigger, two barrel sets. Perhaps trap/skeet combos or two gauge skeet sets. One would have to examine the individual records to know.

Best, Austin

C.O.B. · 12-23-2009, 07:44 AM

I would bet there are/were more than ten "all up" sets as my 16GHE is a skeet/trap set and letters with all the extras, SST,BTF, VR and the GHE 12 was the set up the same way. Both sets of bbls have their own forarm. It would seem unlikely to me that I would have two of the ten. The GHE 20 was a field gun with 28 & 30 inch bbls, PG, splinter forarms and DT. I wish I had that one back

Dean Romig · 12-23-2009, 12:56 PM

I had and subsequently sold two original Remington beavertail forends for D and C grade guns and both were stamped with a 2 above the serial number. So, that accounts for two and neither of them were in the ID & Ser. book.

Chip Beckford · 12-23-2009, 02:29 PM

HI Bruce, Thanks for the note, as I am new at this, how do I find Glenn? Thanks, Chip