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Lifter# 3600
.Hello All,
I have owned this particular Parker for close to 30 years. After seeing all the beautiful examples of restoration work on these pages, I've decided to try and bring this old girl back to it former glory. My hopes are that I could get some advise as to which way to go. It is evident to me that someone had tried to restore it long before I acquired it. I bought it from a older woman who said that she only remembers it hanging over the mantel for as long as she can remember. The stock looks like some one took a rasp to it as the wood is a good 1/32- of the metal. Other than that, the barrel ring very nicely, There is some pitting. Did I mention that it is 12 ga? 30" barrels and all in all in decent shape IMHO. The only stamps I can find are what looks like F.9.2. on inside the reciever, The top rib has " Parker Brothers,Meriden Conn Damascus Steel. Any help or information would greatly be appreciated. Harry Last edited by Harry Schlott; 03-20-2015 at 12:21 PM.. Reason: wanted to post as a thread not a reply |
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01-22-2014, 10:40 PM
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Some Brit guns had the top tang contour up onto the comb for a bit. Maybe not such a bad idea...
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You got that right Edgar...
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Thanks for all your insight and thoughts about this sad beauty. We got a rare sunny winter day in Seattle and I snapped the photo below.
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Hi Scott,
We're kind of neighbors. I live in Portland. My first Parker Bros. shotgun was a lifter. I cleaned it up and have it on display on a mantel. Your Parker is worth the time and money to repair, in my opinion. If you ever travel down this way let me know. I could help with any welding repairs like the trigger guard bow and trigger plate rebuild. Nice very early Parker with Damascus steel barrels. Best regards, Jeff
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Tang extension
Here's a photo of the extended upper tang.
I can't yet get any good photos of the bores but will keep trying. First attempts just "look like a light at the end of two tunnels"! |
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Yup... About 2.5" added. But the good news is that in the event of a "make things right" scenario, that would not be a difficult fix. The line of the old tang is still very visable. So the extention may just be soft soldered in place. There would have been worse off and harder to correct ways of adding that tang.
Here is a photo of an extended tang on a back action that I own. image.jpg I would not stress about photos of the bores. It is very hard to get good pictures of bores and even then, they may not tell much. Physical description is usually just fine.
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