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My earliest is an 1884 Grade 1 top lever 12 GA hammer and my latest is a 1901 VH 12 GA.
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11-17-2022, 05:45 PM
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The only one I have left....AH 16 gauge 0 frame 26" Damascus gun (1 of only 2 in the records). Shipped August 22, 1898 to a quail hunter in Tidewater VA. The gun was subsequently returned to Parker 3 times, first to restock with a straight grip, next to restock with a pistol grip per original order, lastly to fit a pair of Titanic Steel barrels. I have been searching for these barrels ever since!
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11-17-2022, 06:39 PM
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My earliest is an 1883 #3 10 gauge with nice 32 inch barrels. The latest is an AH 16 6lb. 5 oz. gun made in 1927.
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11-17-2022, 08:43 PM
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Earliest would be an 1881 12 Lifter, 32" gun with really nice wood.
Latest would be a 1939 GHE 16 ordered by A&F, it has what appears to be the original A&F case. |
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11-17-2022, 09:19 PM
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152 is the earliest. I’ve got one in the 139xxx sn range as latest, unless you count my Parker Repro.
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11-17-2022, 10:12 PM
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The earliest Parker gun in my current collection is a back action lifter 12ga serial number 1248. The water table, forend iron and barrel lug shows it as 01248. This gun would have been made approximately 1873. The gun is shown in the Parker Story on page 87 and in the Identification and Serialization book on page 14.
IMG_E9611.jpg The highest serial numbered gun is 239842 a GHE 16ga Skeet gun which was likely made in 1937, but a Remington document from 1942 titled "Surplus Warehouse Stock" shows it was still in inventory at that time. IMG_6199.JPG IMG_6200.JPG IMG_E9616.jpg I owned "T" latch serial number 70 made for Chas. Parker by the Meridan Manufacturing Company circa 1867. However I sold it years ago, so is no longer in my collection. Here is a picture of it from page 43 of Ed Muderlak's book titled "Parker Guns - Shooting Flying and the American Experience" followed by me holding it circa 1991. IMG_E9620.jpg |
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11-17-2022, 10:28 PM
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David, Your GH has a lot more case color than mine, although mine has some. Very nice!
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11-18-2022, 08:27 AM
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1892 GH # 73198 with 30 inch damascus barrels and 28 inch twisted steel barrels (still searching for 2nd set of barrels)
1918 SC SBT with 32 inch barrels ordered by the DuPont Company for Col. E.G. Buckner. |
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