D Grade Guns

[gregg conley]

I recently picked up a 12gauge D grade hammer gun on a 1 frame. I was wondering percentage wise between hammer and hammerless guns which group had the higher percentage of graded guns. Was there a higher percentage of people wealthy enough to afford a graded guns in the hammer or hammerless era?

[charlie cleveland]

in the hammerless era for sure... charlie

[Bill Murphy]

In The Parker Story, Volume 1, extrapolated totals for all grades and types are posted in an easy to read format.

[B. Dudley]

Well, the hammerless guns and hammer guns were made for about the same length of time. About 50 years. the last hammer gun was made in 1917. There was a long period of overlap of course, but once the hammerless action was introduced, it became the more popular seller by far.