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Lot 5473ANTIQUE

A 12 gauge Parker Brothers CH Grade boxlock shotgun with extra set of factory barrels

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$2,340 inc. premium

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A 12 gauge Parker Brothers CH Grade boxlock shotgun with extra set of factory barrels

Serial no. 789338 for 1894, 12 gauge. 28 inch Damascus barrels, matte rib with two white beads and marked Parker Bros. Makers. Meriden Conn. Damascus Steel. 26 inch steel barrels, matte rib with two white beads and marked Parker Bros. Makers. Meriden Conn. Bernard Steel Extractor. Automatic safety. Boxlock action engraved with scrollwork and panel scenes; left and right sides, pointers, underside, six pheasant. Both sets of barrels with checkered walnut splinter fore-end. Checkered straight gripped stock of partly figured walnut; engraved skeletal buttplate; vacant oval. With factory letter from The Parker Gun Collectors Association. (See below)
Condition: Very good. Damascus barrels retain much brown Damascus finish, the bores bright and showing light marks near the muzzle. Bernard barrels are opened up; smooth grey metal; the muzzles reduced. Action with grey metal showing generally sharp engraving and some areas of light pitting. Fore-end on Damascus barrels and buttstock excellent and showing a few light storage marks. Fore-end on steel barrels with numerous small marks.
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Data:

Chokes: .038"/.039" Full/Full (28" bbls, .
Pull: 14 inches
Chambers: 2 3/4 inches
Weight: 6 lbs. 9 0z. (with 28 inch barrels)
Drop at comb:
Drop at heel:

Footnotes

Note: The letter from The Parker Gun Collectors Association, Inc. states that No. 78338 was built in 1894, "CH hammerless, 12-gauge...Bernard steel barrels...28 inches, stock...was a capped pistol grip." It further states the gun was returned to the factory in 1898 and was fitted with Damascus barrel and returned again in 1901 'to make stock a straight grip...rebrown barrels...and reblued all iron parts."

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