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Well, we will wait for someone with more technical experience than I but I am pretty sure. If you have photos of the barrel flats should in fact tell us for sure. Your serial number does not show up in the Identification and Serialization book so that is no help to us. The gun itself will tell us on the flats.
My judgement is based on 4 indicators. The first is that the fore end has a latch rather than just a pull off, second there is a pistol grip cap (Trojans do not) third the Dog's Head Butt plate (Trojans have a plain horizontal lined butt stock plate) and finally the engraving, while simple is more than a Trojan would carry. I am sure others will have much more sophisticated judgement, but those indicators tell me you own a VH grade gun and not a Trojan. Nice. If I am wrong, I will have learned something and will owe you a sincere apology, but I believe that not to be the case. A short wait and someone with knowledge of such things will weigh in.
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01-02-2014, 05:14 PM | #24 | ||||||
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Russ is correct - your Parker is a VH also known as a Grade-0.
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I just added five new pictures to the album of the barrel flats and the front of the receiver. I am not much of a photographer (had trouble keeping the flash glare out of the pics) so please forgive me. However, there is some inscripted dates on the front of the receiver: " Pat'd Jan 18th, Aug 16th 1887" and "May 7 - Oct 8, 1889". There is not much on the flats themselves (as you can see in the pics). And, across the rib is the inscription: "Parker Brothers Makers, Meriden, Conn, Vulcan Steel" Hope this info helps you guys and thanks a bunch.
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Yup, that confirms it. VH = Vulcan Hammerless
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very nice find
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I just checked out the album. I couln't see the frame size. If it is an O frame, you really have a good one. Any one else see the frame size? I have 2 "O" frame 16's, but my VH is a "1" frame. That little extra weight is really no problem and actually helps it to swing a little smoother.
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On the rear lug it looks like a 0 (zero) is stamped with a 6 or a 9 very much smaller stamped within the 0.
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Harold, I see a "V" right above the tail end of the serial number.
The original photo Here is a cropped photo of the tail end of the serial number and "V" I hope this helps.
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