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*20 BORE PARKER BROS DHE.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:3,750.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 12,500.00 USD
*20 BORE PARKER BROS DHE.
SN 234517. Cal. 20 ga. 2-1/2" Chambers. 0 Frame. 26" Bbls are marked "PARKER BROS. MAKERS. MERIDEN. CT. U.S.A. TITANIC STEEL" on rib. Bbl flats have correct markings and Parker proofs. Case hardened small action features automatic safety and nickel-plated double triggers. Action is engraved in typical "D" style with medium scroll surrounding setter on left, and pointer on right, with group of pheasants on trigger plate. Blued trigger guard has scroll on bow and SN at grip. Nicely crotch figured American walnut capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/4" over unusual Parker dogs head buttplate with spur. (Most "D" grade guns had checkered wood butts.) Stock features standard "D" drop points, checkering, and large silver oval on toe line engraved "B P V". Splinter ejector forend has typical steel forend tip and latch. Bore diameter: left-.619, right -.616. Bore restrictions: left -.014 (Mod), right -.006 (IC). Wall thickness: left -.024, right -.028. Drop at heel: 2-7/8", drop at comb: 1-11/16". Weight: 5 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 14-1/4". CONDITION: Excellent, as partially refinished. Bbls retain approx 90% of what appears to be orig blue, silvered at muzzles, and on breech ends, and with a number of minor light scratches and marks. Action retains nearly all of a very fine, correctly colored, re-hardening, only slightly silvered on sharpest edges. Forend iron, latch, and tip retain nearly all of their new color as well. Trigger guard re-blued, and retains all of that blue. Buttstock retains nearly all of, what appears to be, its orig varnish finish with a few minor marks, and some oil rubbed in. Checkering has a few areas re-run, otherwise, as original. Forend checkering re-cut. Wood is a possible replacement. Bores are excellent, bright and shiny throughout. Action is tight. Ejectors are in time. A great looking, lively grouse gun. 4-48894 MGM153