Parker lifter or not?

[Fishtail]

Any opinions on this one at the top? Claimed to be a Parker....

[Dean Romig]

It has all the right lines and very well could be a Parker Bros. gun.

It has the keyed forend and the correct looking lifter and the hammer ears have the distinctive curl at the tops.

It appears to be one of those that pre-date the recessed hinge pin.

[B. Dudley]

That is a round bobied back action Lifter. Very early gun.
The only thing that looks off to me is the hammer. It is a parker hammer, but the one I can see looks like a later style hammer. Like one from a top action hammer gun, not the type that should be on a back action gun.
The back actions were peppered about within the first couple thousand Serial numbers or so. And there was a good amount of variation in those early years in regards to parts and styling.

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Top Gun is back action No. 1500

Second is front action No. 1219

Third is Lifter No. 17,790

Fourth is Top action No. 70,259

[todd allen]

It's even more amazing that the middle two are also shotguns. I have always been puzzled by the concept of a bolt action shotgun.

[Fishtail]

Thanks guys.

My father has a bolt action, JC Higgins shotgun. It's a mule of a gun, twist choke included. But it goes bang when you pull the trigger, and if you accidentally drop it in 75 feet of icy, muddy water, you don't get the least bit wet. Can't say that for a Parker!

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by todd allen

It's even more amazing that the middle two are also shotguns. I have always been puzzled by the concept of a bolt action shotgun.

my father hunted with one for years, he bought it when he got home from WWII and hunted with it until I got him an 870 Wingmaster in the early 70's. Can't tell you how many time he took a second shot (normally one was enough) at a running rabbit, from the speed of the second shot if you weren't looking you would not have known.

may have been the Springfield '03 training before he got a Garand in Europe, but never underestimate a smooth bolt in the hands of an expert.

[Blunderbus]

that third gun down sure looks like 410 mossberg i used to kill my first rooster with 1957 .I still have and love that little bolt gun

[Fishtail]

Well, this Parker has a new owner as of today....I am not sure who. But it was auctioned off so someone bought it. Anyway, it is serial 0219 which makes Brian quite correct in his assessment.

The auction guys told me one hammer was mismatched, and the barrel rib read 'Parker Bros Meriden CT Decarbonized Steel'

Let's see if it pops up in someone's hands....

[Fishtail]

It looks like I am the new owner...! I put in an absentee bid for kicks and they told me today I won it, so once I get it I will know more about just what I bought.

[paul stafford jr]

I still have my great grand fathers bolt action shot gun, its mauser 98 action in 16 ga. , purchased it for 4.75 after WW1, its killed more pheasants than DDT and I still shoot it once in a while. and I agree with brian dudley