Best Hammerless Parker Grade value for your $'s

[Craig Larter]

What Parker hammerless grades and gauge do you feel has the best value or the most gun for your money?? My list:
1. GH 12ga Damascus
2. DH 12ga Damascus
3. PH 12ga Damascus
4. EH 10ga Damascus
5. NH 10ga Damascus
6. VH 12ga
7. VH 16ga.

[Double Lab]

Probably a B grade 20ga. Wait, wrong forum.
From your list I'd have to choose either the GH or DH damascus.

[6pt-Sika]

Out of that list the EH 10’s without a doubt ! And I missed one I wanted today on Morphys auction ! They had a circa 1889 EH 10 28” that letters as a 28” . Luckily I already had one , I was thinking they were calling me Friday got my days mixed up and was driving to pickup a load of powder for my stash .

[JWH]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Out of that list the EH 10’s without a doubt ! And I missed one I wanted today on Morphys auction ! They had a circa 1889 EH 10 28” that letters as a 28” . Luckily I already had one , I was thinking they were calling me Friday got my days mixed up and was driving to pickup a load of powder for my stash .

I ended up wining it for 600.00 + fees & S/H. I'm still actually waiting for it to ship. They had it listed as an 1889 but going off of the Serial #, I think it's actually a 1890.

I'm looking forward to hopefully getting it one of these day.

[Craig Larter]

Feel free to state your best buy(s) and it doesn't need to be on my list

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

Feel free to state your best buy(s) and it doesn't need to be on my list

Without a doubt my best buy to date bar none was my latest , the DH 8 . I got that with buyers premium and shipping for my idea of what a normal DH 12 titanic barreled gun should be going for .

[Quigley97]

About 4 years ago a gentleman brought a GH 12ga Damascus 30" to my club. He was asking about having the stock refinished and what it would cost. I informed him it would depend on who you sent it to. It could be reasonable or it could be quite costly. I offered to try to clean it up for him as most of the stock and barrels were black like the gun was in a place where coal dust could accumulate. I took it home and cleaned it and it came out quite good, like it wasn't used much at all. When I returned it to him he asked how long I worked on it and I said about 5 or 6 hours. I said you should enjoy shooting it and he said someone told him the gun was only worth $900 to $1,000. He then asked if I could give him $400.00 I could keep the gun. Needless to say I could not get the money to him fast enough. I have been enjoying the gun ever since. Very good Damascus pattern and only a couple of very small marks on the stock.

[Mills]

GH's are my favorite.

[Milton C Starr]

Best buy so far is probably My 1882 grade 2 transition 10 gauge, I was oblivious to the fact it didnt have a dolls head and was a transition gun until somewhere here mentioned it to me haha. I got it for substantially less than what I see asking prices for grade 2 TA 10 gauges on GB or GI. Barrels are decent lockups tight and no play in the hammers really the biggest flaw with it is probably the worn checkering but I really enjoy it plus now its my oldest brothers favorite shotgun to shoot.

Your #2 was going to be my pick I see alot of what I assume are reasonably priced DH 12s for sale at least compared to the 10 gauges I like to look at.

[John Davis]

Parker SC, 12 gauge.