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2279
$18,400.00

*20 GAUGE PARKER DHE WITH STRAIGHT GRIP. SN 235842. Cal. 20 ga. 2-1/2″ Chambers. 0 Frame. 28″ Titanic steel bbls with all correct markings. Typical case hardened action engraved with dogs on either side and nye of pheasants on bottom, features automatic safety and nickel-plated double triggers. Nicely flame figured American walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-1/2″ over skeleton steel butt with typical point pattern checkering and “D” style drop points. A silver oval on toe line is engraved with initials “I. W. D.” Matching splinter ejector forend has typical latch and tip. Most specifications match those in PARKER IDENTIFICATION AND SERIALIZATION ledger, except ledger lists this gun with a semi-pistol grip. (There is no indication from examining this gun that it ever had anything but a straight grip.) Bore diameter: left-.615, right -.615. Bore restrictions: left -.020 (Full), right -.015 (Mod). Wall thickness: left -.025, right -.024. Drop at heel: 2-11/16″, drop at comb: 1-5/8″. Weight: 6 lbs. 10 oz. LOP: 14-1/2″. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain approx 80% orig blue with numerous marks, thinned and silvered at muzzles and normal carry point, and at fences. Action retains 50 – 60% orig case hardening color, strong where protected, bottom and high points considerably silvered. Trigger guard retains most of its orig blue. Triggers retain nearly all of their nickel-plate. Stocks retain 80 – 90% of their orig varnish finish, worn through on sharp edges of side panels, somewhat at right side of butt, on rear of forend, with numerous light marks scattered overall. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Ejectors are in time. This is a nice handling gun. 4-47581 MGM83 (13,000-16,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013
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