RARE PARKER BROTHERS $250 GRADE LIFTER ACTION HAMMER GUN.

RARE PARKER BROTHERS $250 GRADE LIFTER ACTION HAMMER GUN. SN 3303. Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 30″ Fine Damascus bbls are engraved on narrow game rib “Parker Bros Makers Meriden Conn. Damascus Steel”. Case hardened early style Lifter action has had hole plugged where early Lifter pin protruded. (New tapered bite is soldered into rear lump bbl). Fences are beautifully fluted in Parker high grade style, and filed with central teardrop extending to breechface on sides of fences, as seen on only the highest grades of early guns. Action still retains early style off-set firing pins. Engraving of action and lockplates is of the highest order, with extremely fine detailed scroll with dogs and game within lozenges on each side of lockplate. A spaniel pursuing a flushed grouse is on left, with pointer and setter flushing woodcock or snipe over marsh on right. On the bottom of the action is what appears to be a basset hound. “Pat. Nov. 13, 1866” is engraved on trigger plate. “Parker Bros” is on diagonal riband at rear of each lockplate. Setter retrieving a duck is on trigger guard bow. Lightly marbled and figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-1/8″ over skeleton steel buttplate. Flat top checkering has scrolled mullered border. Gold shield crest plate is at top of grip. Matching splinter forend has filed steel tip, and attaches to grip with side nail through oval steel escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.754, right -.751. Bore restrictions: left -.023, right -.021. Wall thickness: left -.028, right -.037. Drop at heel: 2-5/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 8 lbs. 7 oz. LOP 14-1/8″. PROVENANCE: Factory letter confirming that this gun is in its orig configuration, and was orig shipped in 1874, and, in 1879, was shipped to E. Van Derwerken of Stamford, CT. (Most likely this date represents when action was factory modified to tapered bite.) CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain nearly all of a black and white re-brown, with fair duplication of orig finish. Action and lockplates retain a considerable amount of orig case hardening color which has nicely browned, and is quite pleasing in appearance. Trigger guard is nearly all silver brown. Stocks retain most of their orig finish with considerable minor marks, knocks, and dents from normal wear and tear. Drop points are slightly rounded, and checkering worn, especially at point of carry on forend. Bores are shiny, frosted throughout. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Locks crisp. An exceptional early high grade Parker. 4-42453 MGM183 (6,500-9,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1268	$8,050.00	RARE PARKER BROTHERS $250 GRADE LIFTER ACTION HAMMER GUN. SN 3303. Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 30″ Fine Damascus bbls are engraved on narrow game rib “Parker Bros Makers Meriden Conn. Damascus Steel”. Case hardened early style Lifter action has had hole plugged where early Lifter pin protruded. (New tapered bite is soldered into rear lump bbl). Fences are beautifully fluted in Parker high grade style, and filed with central teardrop extending to breechface on sides of fences, as seen on only the highest grades of early guns. Action still retains early style off-set firing pins. Engraving of action and lockplates is of the highest order, with extremely fine detailed scroll with dogs and game within lozenges on each side of lockplate. A spaniel pursuing a flushed grouse is on left, with pointer and setter flushing woodcock or snipe over marsh on right. On the bottom of the action is what appears to be a basset hound. “Pat. Nov. 13, 1866” is engraved on trigger plate. “Parker Bros” is on diagonal riband at rear of each lockplate. Setter retrieving a duck is on trigger guard bow. Lightly marbled and figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-1/8″ over skeleton steel buttplate. Flat top checkering has scrolled mullered border. Gold shield crest plate is at top of grip. Matching splinter forend has filed steel tip, and attaches to grip with side nail through oval steel escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.754, right -.751. Bore restrictions: left -.023, right -.021. Wall thickness: left -.028, right -.037. Drop at heel: 2-5/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 8 lbs. 7 oz. LOP 14-1/8″. PROVENANCE: Factory letter confirming that this gun is in its orig configuration, and was orig shipped in 1874, and, in 1879, was shipped to E. Van Derwerken of Stamford, CT. (Most likely this date represents when action was factory modified to tapered bite.) CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain nearly all of a black and white re-brown, with fair duplication of orig finish. Action and lockplates retain a considerable amount of orig case hardening color which has nicely browned, and is quite pleasing in appearance. Trigger guard is nearly all silver brown. Stocks retain most of their orig finish with considerable minor marks, knocks, and dents from normal wear and tear. Drop points are slightly rounded, and checkering worn, especially at point of carry on forend. Bores are shiny, frosted throughout. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Locks crisp. An exceptional early high grade Parker. 4-42453 MGM183 (6,500-9,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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