PARKER DHE GRADE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. SN 145149. Cal. 12 ga. Listed as a grade T13 in the Parker Gun Identification & Serialization book. This shotgun, built on a No. 2 frame, has 28” Titanic steel bbls choked FULL/FULL with tapered, concave, matted rib, dbl ivory beads, doll’s head rib extension, ejectors & Parker sgl selective trigger. Left side of bbls, over chamber area, is nicely engraved “A.J. ROBINSON / THORNBURG, IA”. Mounted with very nicely figured, American walnut with checkered, long, beavertail forearm and pistol grip stock with raised, teardrop side panels, 13-3/4” over a checkered, skeleton buttplate. Bottom of stock has a silver initial plate engraved “AJR”. Receiver is engraved in typical D-patterns with a pointer on left side, a setter on right side and four flying ducks on floorplate, surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with maker’s name in a ribbon on both sides. This shotgun will letter as found except the sgl trigger, which is not listed. However, it is an orig Parker trigger and probably came with this shotgun. Bore diameter: left - .733, right - .734. Bore restrictions: left - .038, right - .039. Wall thickness: left - .028, right - .030. Drop at heel: 2-5/8”, drop at comb: 1-1/2”. Weight: 8 lbs. 5.76 oz. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 96-97% bright, orig factory blue with muzzle & chamber edge wear with some scattered thin spots on sides of bbl from forearm rubbing. Receiver retains traces of case colors in the most sheltered areas with the balance turned silver. Stock has a hairline back of top tang with some fine chipping by bottom tang, otherwise wood is sound showing light to moderate wear with a scrape on forearm and some light oil staining around receiver and overall retains most of its strong, bright orig factory finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores. Dr. Poppell Collection 4-59263 JL3 (5,000-7,000)
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