NEW PARKER OWNER IN NEED OF HELP !

[Researcher]

From the picture and the description you have a gun that started life as a DH-Grade with Damascus barrels, built in about 1892. The dates stamped on the gun in various places are Patent dates and have little to nothing to do with when it was built. If the gun in fact has automatic ejectors, they were probably fitted at the time the gun got the set of Parker Special Steel barrels. It would be great if you could add some more pictures of the gun.

[Dean Romig]

From the picture you have posted your Parker doesn't appear to have ejectors as there are no ejector rods protruding from the front of the frame.

[Aristeidis Tsesmelis]

Yes i see so i guess its a type of hybrid....how would that effect the value of that kind of a gun at that moment ?Still i have found some other DH valued but i dont think i could sell the gun my grandfather gave to my father....as much as i know the gun was bought from agerman officer at 1944 tha day ther german army left greece....in the late 60' the gun came to our familiys hands....

[Aristeidis Tsesmelis]

Yes i noticed that the gun dosent have ejectors after a bit so thats the reason i was sure its a DH !Still i am curious about its value after knowing its a 2 type G and D weapon and now i do have a second problem finding out more about a second gun my father owns....but its not a PARKER ....maybe you could tell me any helpfull site i could use to find out ?

[Aristeidis Tsesmelis]

There is one more thing....we know now the barrels are made after the main gun was produced but the last 2 numbers of the main guns serial....can be found on the barrel...

[Autumn Daze]

Parker may have fitted those barrels at the factory at a later date. Again a letter may help solve this mystery.

[Aristeidis Tsesmelis]

I see....should i try to conntact them at Repairs and Restoration ?

[Dean Romig]

A PGCA Resaerch Letter would tell you all the recorded information from the Parker/Remington stock books and order books about your Parker if any such records exist. I have checked and there are surviving Parker factory records to support a research letter.









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[Aristeidis Tsesmelis]

I am extremly thenkfull to both of u ,u did help me to solve this little mystery i was thinking of researching.....after i find something about the Parker i will give it a go with my grandfathers second weapon a German Krupp double barrel 16 ga.....
The bad thing is tha the barrel dose say on it ACIER KRUPP and as much i have found out the 2 companys did co-op for some of there projects....still the gun is in a perfect shape but dosent have any other date of construction on it.....will be fun to find slowly something about that one out to..!!! thank u again !!!

[Bill Murphy]

Acier Krupp means the barrels are made of Krupp steel. Acier means "steel" and is not a company. Krupp steel was used on many brands of gun including American guns. There may be another name on your gun or there may not be. By the way, Parker production has been suspended since about 1942. When we suggest you get a letter on your gun (a good idea) we mean that you should request a letter from this organization, PGCA, by accessing the area of this website that offers that service. Parkers are less valuable in Europe than in the USA, but your gun with its modern barrels, probably installed at the factory, is a gun of interest.