2 Barrel D grade

[Red Hill]

Originally Posted by todd allen

Good to see you on board! Have you weighed her yet?

I have.
She is kind of beast.

7lb 2 oz with the 28" barrels.
7lb 14 oz with the 30" barrels.

[Dean Romig]

Those weights are about average for a 1-frame 12.
Itf it were a 16 it would likely be a few ounces heavier.





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[Red Hill]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Those weights are about average for a 1-frame 12.
Itf it were a 16 it would likely be a few ounces heavier.

Have a rack with some of my shotguns over my desk, so weighed them.

32" A Grade Fox 7lb 6oz
30" Remington 1900 Damascus Ejector 7lb 2 0z
30" German BLE (my bird gun) 6 lb 5oz

My others are locked up, but I don't remember any of the 12ga's going over 8lbs.

This Parker seems "heavy" from my perspective, but I am not that familiar with Parkers.

Wasn't the #1 frame one of the lighter 12ga offerings?

[Bill Murphy]

Yes, but there are heavy #1 frame gun as well as light ones. The barrels determine the total weight. Some barrels are straight cut, others are swamped in to lighten them.

[todd allen]

Red, have you explored the site much yet? There's lots of cool forums. Lot's of varied interests here.
For instance: If you want to share a custom Mauser build, just put it in "Off Topic".
It's refreshingly free of trolls and political stuff.

[Red Hill]

Originally Posted by todd allen

Red, have you explored the site much yet? There's lots of cool forums. Lot's of varied interests here.
For instance: If you want to share a custom Mauser build, just put it in "Off Topic".
It's refreshingly free of trolls and political stuff.

We'll see. I have really shrunk my online time.

She was dirty inside, but everything still functioned before I pulled her apart.

BTW - I'm sure you all know this, but Parker shotguns are crazy complicated on the inside!

[Mills]

Very interesting find with what appears to be a lot of potential. Keep us posted on the progress.

[Red Hill]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

Very interesting find with what appears to be a lot of potential. Keep us posted on the progress.

Will post the letter when it arrives.

Not sure what I will do with the gun itself. The auction description and pictures were so poor, I didn't know for sure what I had purchased until I picked it up. I was on vacation so placed absentee bids instead of attending. Easiest answer would be to flip it, but I would need to do some research on current prices.

My retail/selling business has me swamped at the moment so I don't really have the time to take on the renovation.

Until the letter arrives it will sit.

[todd allen]

Depending on what your goals are for this gun, if you don't have the time to do the work yourself, there's a lot of talent here that can bring it back to its correct look.
I know you don't hunt as much as you used to, but this would make a fun clay killer.

[Red Hill]

Matches all information from the letter.

With help of Google, I suspect this is the gentleman who ordered this DH.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...ph-worthington