Nice Old Parker

[Rick Bowles]

I thought I'd share this Parker DH grade side by side. It's all original and unmolested. It shows lots of colors which is amazing since the gun was crafted in 1903!

 

[shouldazagged]

Beautiful. I love old double guns.

 

[6518John]

No school like the old school!

 

[Rpg]

Lovely gun!! Very desirable and quite serviceable.

Folks that have never handled a good Parker have no idea what they're missing.

It's guns like this that leave me uninterested in the modern tacticool guns.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Beautiful, side by sides are easy on the eyes, and they feel so good in the hand.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[oneounceload]

Are the chamber 2-1/2, 2-9/16 or ?????

 

[Maple Trapper]

That's a beauty for sure, thanks for letting us see a true masterpiece.

 

[italiansport]

I agree that the example shown exhibits a high degree of original finish which is rare as these were bought to be constantly used. D Grade Parkers are sometimes labeled "Doctors Guns" since the fell into the middle of the price grades. They ran around $100 to $125 or so depending upon option choices like ejectors during that era. I have a D grade from this period which is essentially devoid of any color.
Jim

 

[crsides]

that's a beauty. I use a double for Turkey Hunting, choice of choke is a big feature. My CE fox is 26" IC/F, perfect for the one hanging up on the edge or the one that charges in full bore.

Charlie

 

[Pig Hunter]

Really nice!!! I can't tell from the picture is that a # 2 frame or 3 ?

 

[policerevolvercollector]

They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

I just bought a Fox Sterlingworth from 1920 out of an estate sale. I have a weakness for old doubles as well.

That Parker is a beautiful shotgun. It defines the word "classic"!

 

[Rick Bowles]

Really nice!!! I can't tell from the picture is that a # 2 frame or 3 ?

This is a #2 frame

 

[italiansport]

I just looked up Serial # 119231 in the Parker Identification and Serialization book and according to the published specs and from what I can see your gun is all original and unmolested. I can't see the buttplate in the posted pictures but it should be an original skeletonized example.
Jim

 

[H Richard]

Very nice, it's pretty evident it didn't spend any time in a duck blind.

 

[smitholdtimer]

It's a real beauty and I've always wanted a PARKER, Trojan grade would have been just fine but I was always partial to the lesser 16 or 20 Guages. I went through the posts a couple times and never read what Guage this one is, so is it a 12? Appreciate your sharing!

 

[Rick Bowles]

It is a 12 ga. and has the skeleton butt plate. A 12 ga. with 30" barrels is pretty common. What is uncommon is the condition of this almost 115 year old Parker.

Does anyone know if an ivory bead front sight was standard or optional on a DH?