VH12

[Zach Bauman]

As I mentioned in my new guy post, this is both my first Parker and my first SxS in general, for purposes of a class I'm taking beginning on Monday.

The gun is entirely matching aside from the poorly-replaced triggerguard, but is pretty much completely devoid of finish.







Barrels appear to be in pretty good shape. Bores are fairly clean, and there aren't any significant dings or bulges or anything.





Same story for the forearm, which features the only remaining shred of color case hardening on the whole gun. Checkering and everything is worn, but the forearm is structurally sound.







And here's where things start getting ugly. Triggerguard is obviously a poorly done replacement job.



Also missing the safety.







So, I'm anticipating quite the restoration project on my hands, but that's exactly why I have it anyway. Any input or suggestions are certainly appreciated!

[Fishtail]

That's a pretty early V isn't it?

[Zach Bauman]

Originally Posted by greg conomos

That's a pretty early V isn't it?

From what I found, the serial number dates to 1900. Not sure where that lands in the scheme of production.

[Scott Gentry]

The trigger guard looks ok to me just needs couple more turns and screw installed. Not sure why the sear pin is visible on one side but not the other, better get that checked. Obviously the gun has been opened up several times with ill fitting driver.

Good luck,

[Zach Bauman]

The sear pin is visible just inside the hole on the one side -- the shadowing makes it appear to be much deeper in that photo than it is in reality. Should the pin be flush on both sides?

[Scott Gentry]

It is normally flush on each side however anything could happen in 100 years. Great gun. Get a safety installed, insides checked out and shoot the snot out of it.

[Zach Bauman]

Gonna be checking it out and doing the safety myself in this class coming up, but shooting the snot out of it is definitely the ultimate plan!

[Scott Gentry]

Join this origination, you will learn a great deal here. Also get a letter on your gun, will mean much more to you as you work to bring it back.

[Zach Bauman]

Both are on the list of things to do, but unfortunately I'm out of work for the time being and scraping by to cover the tools and parts I need for classes, so they'll have to wait a while. Just from the time I've spent looking around this afternoon, there's certainly a wealth of knowledge to be obtained here, and I was very excited to see that there's information on this shotgun for a letter.

[B. Dudley]

The sear pins are different lengths for each frame size. If the pin is in place, but inset on each side, it is either a replacement from a different gun, or a plain and simple incorrect replacement. Maybe a nail or something.

Trigger guards are all individually fitted to each gun. When using a replacement from another gun, they always need some tweaking and bending to get them in place properly.