Actually his older brother had won the gun in a lottery and my Dad bought it at that time immediately from his brother so it was always owned by my Dad and then me. I think my Dad had told me this was a new gun when he got it in the early 1900's, perhaps 1908. Worked great as of that time with no use since probably 1960 or so.
When I was a kid I collected a lot of game with this gun. There are ejectors for the spent shells and my recollection from my youth is that they used normal 12 gauge 2 3/4 inch shells. There is also some nice checkering on the stock which is Walnut. There is also similar engraving and checkering on the forestock piece where it says "PAT'D MAR 26,1878. There is also engraving of a sort along the entire barrel between the two barrels that seems to be the same kind of engraving done on the reciever. reblued the barrels, re-casehardened the action, refinished the stock).Tom, sorry for the oversight in the description, this is a 12 gauge and there is some engraving on the reciever which goes around the areas where you would think there should be engraving. However, if it looks like new and is all original (original blueing, case hardening, finish on the stock) it is of much greater value than the same gun that has been worked on (even by skills craftsmen) and had these things redone (e.g. What condition is the stock in.ģ - Original - A gun may look great, in almost like new condition. How much of the case hardening remains on the action. Are the bores bright, barrels and action free of rust. 410), because they were less numerous, are of greater value than 12 gauges.Ģ - Condition - What sort of shape is the gun in.
The fancier (or higher) the grade, the few that were made, and the higher the value. As mentioned there are a couple of factors that will affect the value of your shotgunġ - Grade - As you will see on the Parker site, there were a variety of successfully fancier grades of Parkers. Putting a value on a Parker is tricky business.
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