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Parker DHE Side by Side Shotgun with Research Letter

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Parker DHE Side by Side Shotgun with Research Letter
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Estimate: $3000 - 5000
Manufacturer: Parker Bros Model: Dhe
This shotgun was manufactured in 1906 and has two ivory bead sights, is choked modified/modified and has 2 3/4 inch chambers with ejectors. The receiver has a generous amount of floral scroll engraving with the left side showing a dog on point and the left side shows a different breed of dog in a field. The underside shows four ducks in flight. The bottom flat of the matching serial numbered barrels indicate the frame is a size 2 and the barrels weighed "4 6". The Parker Gun Collectors Association letter states the gun was shipped on November 24, 1906, that it was a "DHE hammerless, 12-gauge", that it had 30 inch Titanic steel barrels, it had a capped pistol grip stock with a 14 1/4 inch length of pull, 2 5/8 inch drop at heel, that the gun weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and that Parker notables Phenix, Anschutz and Storm worked on this gun. Mounted on a straight grain walnut splinter forearm with multi-point checkering and a pistol grip stock with checkered flats, hard rubber grip cap, silver initial oval and a leather covered recoil pad. Length of pull is 15 inches and drop at heel is 2 1/2 inches.
BBL: 30 inch solid rib
Stock: walnut
Gauge: 12
Finish: blue/casehardened
Grips:
Serial Number: 138678
Condition:
Very fine. Professionally refurbished, the barrels retain 98% high quality blue finish with a small repair around the middle bead and two filled holes on the bottom rib. The casehardened components retain most of the case colors. The refinished stock set is very good with three repaired 1 inch hairline cracks extending from the forearm knuckle, a 3 1/2 inch repaired crack on the right wrist, a few scattered light handling marks and recoil pad added. Mechanically fine.