10 GA, 40" Barrels - gone but not forgotten

[Pa SxS]

I can tell you that it's a GH, 10ga. with 40" Damascus barrels and a pistol grip. I can't tell by the pictures if the stock is original. What was your grandfather's last name and where did he live. I know we all wish you good luck in finding that gun. The fact that there aren't many GH's out there with 40" barrels may help.

[Derek Lathrop]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

I can tell you that it's a GH, 10ga. with 40" Damascus barrels and a pistol grip. I can't tell by the pictures if the stock is original. What was your grandfather's last name and where did he live. I know we all wish you good luck in finding that gun. The fact that there aren't many GH's out there with 40" barrels may help.

Thanks for reaching out Chuck, my grandfather and I share the same last name: Lathrop and he was most likely in the Detroit, Mi area. Although he had been in and out of the East Coast in earlier years.

[charlie cleveland]

hope you solve this mystery and be able to afford the gun if you find it...charlie

[wayne goerres]

It looks to me that the gun is not wearing the original but stock. It is a little rough and that is probable a good thing because it is not going to be in that 10,000 range. Not even close.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by wayne goerres

It looks to me that the gun is not wearing the original but stock. It is a little rough and that is probable a good thing because it is not going to be in that 10,000 range. Not even close.

I can't agree with that , although you might be correct .

Personally I feel "today" if the 40" gun were in pristine condition etc it might bring $7500 .

And from looking at the pictures blown up and any other way I'd say the condition if anywhere near as decent now as it was then the gun would most likely top out at $3500-4000 in todays market MAYBE .

Not trying to beat up the value etc but I do not think it will bring what some folks would assume .

And again that's my opinion , may not be correct but that's what I think .

[charlie cleveland]

the inflation rate must be well below 0 because paper money aint worth anything in a good while....charlie

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

the inflation rate must be well below 0 because paper money aint worth anything in a good while....charlie

Maybe they shoulda made it outta gold...





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[Derek Lathrop]

Back in 2020 I did hear some definitive words on the subject gun, but failed to follow up on the forum.

My search ended at John Puglisi. I found out that he himself had been a previous owner/collector of the gun and had since sold it.

We were able to get connected for a phone conversation after which he reached out to the owner (whose identity John kept confidential) and told him about my search. A follow up conversation between John and I revealed the owner did not seem interested in my story much at all. Additionally he didn't give John much to go on, but Puglisi's best guess as to what the owner would want for it --- $20,000.

I told him I would rather not waste his or the owner's time by requesting an audience and that's where it all ended.

Nonetheless I wanted to say thank you to anyone who put thought into this project and to put a cap on it.

It was an enjoyable search and fun to find out that it was in fact worth something. My grandfather would have been proud to know, then again maybe it would have eaten him up!

[Bill Murphy]

I didn't read this entire thread, so I don't know if my comment will be related. Shenandoah Guns in Berryville, VA had a GH 16 gauge with 40" barrels several decades ago. I don't know what happened to that gun, but I handled it. It didn't seem to be on a large frame, but the barrels were Vulcan Steel as I recall, not Damascus or Parker Special Steel. I don't know whether TPS mentions this gun.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I didn't read this entire thread, so I don't know if my comment will be related. Shenandoah Guns in Berryville, VA had a GH 16 gauge with 40" barrels several decades ago. I don't know what happened to that gun, but I handled it. It didn't seem to be on a large frame, but the barrels were Vulcan Steel as I recall, not Damascus or Parker Special Steel. I don't know whether TPS mentions this gun.

If my assumption is correct my dad and Jerry Amos went to Clark Bros to look at a Parker 16 40” once upon a time . Dads been retired for 32 years so it was before then . And if it’s the one John Clark had it went to Herschel Chadick .