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3202
$12,650.00

*PARKER BROS GHE SKEET GRADE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. SN 238524. 20 Ga. Rare Skeet gun built on a O frame with 28″ Parker Special steel bbls choked SKEET-IN/SKEET-OUT with tapered concave game rib and twin ivory beads and doll’s head extension. Single selective trigger and automatic ejectors. Mounted in full figured checkered feather crotch walnut with beaver tail forend and straight hand stock with 2 screw tang, each bearing the serial number of the gun. It has a blank silver initial shield on bottom of stock. Receiver is engraved in a typical GH pattern with game scene vignettes of duck on the left side, quail on the right side and pheasants on the floor plate, all surrounded in delicate scroll work. Maker’s name is engraved on the bottom of the receiver. 14″ over a black solid pad and spacer from the rear trigger position. Drop at heel 2-1/8″, drop at comb 1-1/2″. Bore diameter left .635″, right .633″; Choke restriction left .010″, right .005″; Wall thickness left .029″, right .026″; Weight 6lbs 14.7oz. Accompanied by a copied Remington Arms serial number IBM card confirming the above and indicating ship date of November 27, 1936. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Barrels retain 97% bright original blue with minor handling marks and some thinning at the muzzle. Receiver retains 65-70% silvery original case colors which are vivid in protected areas. Forend metal has turned to smooth gray with vivid colors internally. Trigger bow and guard show some blue with the balance turning to gray. Screws are clean. Wood is sound and retains virtually all of its professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, bores bright and shiny, bbls ring true. 4-32841 WD49 (9,000-15,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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