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Ok gents go easy on me. I realize this may not have much collector value but it appears to be a good condition mechanically solid shooter which is what I wanted. The seller had taken this on consignment for a family's estate. He said they claimed the gun had been in the family for so long they believed possibly from new and that to the best of their knowledge everything on the gun was original but that the stock had been refinished and the trigger guard hot blued at some point. The recoil pad is labelled Old English and given the condition obviously a much newer replacement. The trigger guard is definitely a reblue to judge by the sanded down serial # engraving and I suspect the barrels were too as their is no choke, gauge, chamber length, serial # markings etc., etc. but then I do not know Parkers and maybe not all had them? The barrels measure a bit over 30" and the seller indicated they were both choked FULL though I cannot verify that currently as I do not have access to a bore gauge.
Anyways I decided to join the PGCA so I purchased a membership to connect with other Parker owners and glean as much info as I can. Here is what I do know so far to the best of my knowledge. The barrels are stamped on top of the rib PARKER BROTHERS, MAKERS, MERIDEN CONN, VULCAN STEEL, the gun is a #2 non-ejector, double triggers and graded VH. The gun locks up solid as a vault, their is zero play anywhere, the barrels open and close so smoothly you'd swear they are riding on high quality needle bearings. The gun feels HEAVY compared to my Ithaca NID 4E with the 30" bbls mounted but until I can weigh both that is just a "feels like" guess. The gun balances nicely with the weight between the hands and their is less drop at comb and heel in comparison to the Ithaca and fits me better. Until I can get some gauges I can only guess as to true chamber length. If it's only 2.5" I am still covered as I have a pretty good supply of 2.5" Bismuth for whacking greenheads, the intended use for this old girl...and I especially like that it doesn't have one of those god awful auto safety's that engages when opening the gun to reload/recock the hammers.
Anyways I decided to join the PGCA so I purchased a membership to connect with other Parker owners and glean as much info as I can. Here is what I do know so far to the best of my knowledge. The barrels are stamped on top of the rib PARKER BROTHERS, MAKERS, MERIDEN CONN, VULCAN STEEL, the gun is a #2 non-ejector, double triggers and graded VH. The gun locks up solid as a vault, their is zero play anywhere, the barrels open and close so smoothly you'd swear they are riding on high quality needle bearings. The gun feels HEAVY compared to my Ithaca NID 4E with the 30" bbls mounted but until I can weigh both that is just a "feels like" guess. The gun balances nicely with the weight between the hands and their is less drop at comb and heel in comparison to the Ithaca and fits me better. Until I can get some gauges I can only guess as to true chamber length. If it's only 2.5" I am still covered as I have a pretty good supply of 2.5" Bismuth for whacking greenheads, the intended use for this old girl...and I especially like that it doesn't have one of those god awful auto safety's that engages when opening the gun to reload/recock the hammers.
