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*VERY FINE 28 GAUGE PARKER BHE UPGRADE.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD
*VERY FINE 28 GAUGE PARKER BHE UPGRADE.
SN 224781. Cal. 28 ga. 2-1/2" Chambers. 00 Frame. 28" Bbls are marked on top rib with Parker name and address along with "Acme Steel". Bbl flats are stamped with Parker Overload proofs, and "HTA". Water table is stamped "5". Correctly colored case hardened action has had single bead neatly filed in on fences, and engraved with a very fine, well cut reproduction of typical BHE engraving, with a pair of pointers on left, setters on right, each in front of "Parker Bros" in scroll terminated riband. Trigger plate depicts buck and doe grazing in mountain meadow. Straight grip trigger guard has flourishes of scroll on bow, and SN at grip. Lightly crotch figured and nicely streaked European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-3/16" over skeleton steel buttplate. Comb is nicely fluted, and fleur-di-lis drop points of checkered side panels, well carved. Checkering faithfully reproduces "B" pattern with mullered fancy border. A large vacant gold oval is on toe line. Matching splinter ejector forend is near fully checkered. Bore diameter: left-.550, right -.550. Bore restrictions: left -.024 (Full) right -.026 (Full). Wall thickness: left -.016, right -.021. Drop at heel: 2-1/8", drop at comb: 1-1/2". Weight: 5 lbs. 12 oz. LOP: 14-3/16". PROVENANCE: Parker letter with specifications for this SN indicating it left the factory as a VHE 28 bore with 28" bbls, with capped pistol grip stock, in 1927. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining nearly all of its custom finishes on metal. Wood has only a few light scratches. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Ejectors are in time. 4-48976 MGM111