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1276
$30,475.00
Revised: 3/10/2007 

*RARE PARKER BHE GRADE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. 28 ga. SN 193749. Built on an “0” frame with 30” Acme Steel bbls choked FULL/MOD with tapered, concave, matted rib, sgl bead, doll’s head rib extension, ejectors & gold plated dbl triggers. Mounted with extremely beautiful, streaky, marblecake, circassian walnut with full checkered splinter forearm and pistol grip stock with raised checkered, fleur-de-lis carved side panels & extensively checkered wrist, 14-1/4” over a skeleton & checkered butt. It has hard rubber grip cap with blank gold center. Receiver is very nicely engraved with two pointers on left side, a setter & pointer on right side and a setter & pointer with flushing pheasant on floorplate, all surrounded with about 75% coverage fine foliate arabesque patterns with maker’s name in a bar on each side. The fences have a single raised rib around their rear edges. Bore diameter: left – .565, right – .565. Bore restrictions: left – .025, right – .017. Unable to gauge wall thickness. Drop at heel: 2-3/4”, drop at comb: 1-1/2”. Weight: 6 lbs. 13.44 oz. CONDITION: Very fine. Retains virtually all of an extremely fine, very professionally restored finish of Turnbull quality with strong rust blue on bbls with slight muzzle edge wear. Receiver has brilliant Parker style, bone charcoal colors and triggerguard most of its bright blue, thin on the tang. Wood is sound with a couple of very minor handling & storage marks and retains a beautiful, orig color finish. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bores. 4-31128 JR479 (17,500-27,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007
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