[ShawnDow]

Ok.. my boss want me to dig up info on a SXS that his wife has... Its a Parker Bros 12 Ga.. with pat dates of Mar 26 1878 on the fore grip and Pat dates of Jan 18/ Aug 18 1887 and May 7/ Oct 8 1889. on the receiver.. Barrel has J6/73 on it? along with the made in USA Parker Bros, .. blah blah blah...
Im trying to get the boss to send me some pics so I can post em...
Where can I get info for the boss? other than here?
Thanks for the help.
Shawn

 

[nmckenzie]

A starting point might be the Parker Gun Collector's Association (www.parkerguns.org/pages/grades/html).

 

[nmckenzie]

p.s. to previous: Trying to link from the above page came up with a NOT FOUND etc. Going to Google and tapping in the same link brought the site up.

 

[ShawnDow]

p.s. to previous: Trying to link from the above page came up with a NOT FOUND etc. Going to Google and tapping in the same link brought the site up.

well thats just silly!
Thanks Spuds, Ill check it out.

 

[ShawnDow]

Forgive me for the clarity of the pictures... I blame my boss here.. he used his "smart" phone to send me pics... Ill bark at him tomorrow to get me better ones.

 

[Tom Archer]

Looks like a GH grade ("H" denotes a hammerless gun and "G" denotes grade of gun). Hammmerless Parker grades were as follows beginning with the llowest: Trogen, V, P, G, D, C, B, A, AA, A-1 Special, and Invincible. The G grade was the highest of the lower grade Parker guns and G's are not rare (28K or so made), D and C grade guns were the middle grade offerings; and B grades and higher were considered top of the line. Those grades were the most expensive and are the most rare. Values of Parker guns depends on so many factors (gauge, barrel type, options, percent of original remaining finishes, production period, after-market modifications, etc., ect., etc; so the best advice anyone can give your boss is to have the gun appraised by an appraiser very knowledgeable in vintage double guns.

 

[ShawnDow]

you guys are great. Always full of great insight and knowledge. Thank you. Im printing this off for the boss.