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2460
$34,500.00

*DAINTY .410 PARKER “VH” WITH LOTS OF ORIGINAL CONDITION.

SN 229604. Cal. .410. 2-5/8″ Chambers. 000 Frame. 26″ Bbls are marked with Parker’s Meriden CT address, and “VULCAN STEEL” on matted and tapered game rib. Lumps and bbl flats marked “Parker Bros” “Overload Proved” have all correct markings. Case hardened action, correctly stamped on water table, features automatic safety and dbl triggers. Action is engraved with typical wiggle borders and “Parker Bros” is on each side. SN is on blued trigger guard tang. Relatively plain American walnut round knob pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/4″ over Parker dogs head buttplate without spur. Typical flat top point pattern checkering is at grip. A vacant German silver shield is on toe line. Matching splinter forend has usual steel tip, and Deeley type release. Bore diameter at muzzles: left – .398, right -.394. Wall thickness: left -.038, right -.037. Drop at heel: 2-3/4″, drop at comb: 1-11/16″. Weight: 5 lbs. 11 oz. LOP: 14-1/4″. Not listed in PARKER GUN IDENTIFICATION & SERIALIZATION ledger. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain over 90% orig blue, silvering at muzzles and along sharp edges of rib, thinning slightly on sides. Action retains approx 80% orig case hardening color, silvered on fences, and around bottom from normal hand wear. Trigger guard retains most, perhaps 60 % of its orig blue. Stocks retain approx 90% of their orig varnish, slightly worn through on sharp edges and at grip, thinning and worn on forend. Checkering somewhat darkened and lightly worn. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. There is a slight dimple in the dolls head portion of trigger plate. Parker made fewer than 500 .410’s in this configuration, per THE PARKER STORY. Those in fine orig condition are very scarce. 50069-1 MGM139 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 2460


Auction: Firearms - March 2016
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