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General Specs: Parker, Year 1929, 12 Gauge, 8lb 2oz, Chokes M/F
Serial Number: 230918
Here we have a unique offering with high appeal and great
value. This extravagant Parker began
life as a rare gun. How can a Parker VHE
12ga. be rare with over 50,000 produced? The answer is the configuration. Ordered FROM THE FACTORY with options very
rarely seen on a VH Grade gun, including ventilated rib (only 201 VHE 12ga.
w/vr), beavertail forearm (163 VHE 12's w/factory beavertails), only 4543 with
32" barrels, and fewer than 100 so configured with an English style
stock. To really put the rarity factor
into play…it left the factory as a live bird gun with no safety. This Parker, sn230918 built in 1929, was
ordered as a serious trap or live bird gun with the above features. There are no factory records for Parker guns
in this serial number range. I have been
a nationally recognized Parker expert for over 3 decades and I personally
guarantee these are all factory features.
Any Parker expert would concur, and careful study of the photos will
bear this out. WE HAVE THE BEFORE
PHOTOS, INCLUDING THE ACTION OUT OF THE WOOD FOR YOUR REVIEW UPON REQUEST. THEY CONFIRM THE PROCESS. The previous owner knew that he had a
special Parker. Being a serious live
pigeon competitor intent on taking big prizes with this gun, his first step was
to have a Perazzi single trigger installed in the gun at a cost of over $2500
15 years ago. Why? Because the Perazzi single trigger has won
more events world-wide than any other and is the most reliable single trigger ever
created. The wood was upgraded to
historically correct Parker AAHE quality, with elaborate flor-de-lis carvings,
superb checkering, and strongly figured Turkish walnut. We then sent the gun to Geoffroy Gournet to
engrave the entire gun in a Parker AAHE floral and scroll patterned after a gun
shown in the Parker Story volumes on page 342.
Gournet is an old-school, world renowned hammer and chisel engraver that
has created a Parker AAHE live bird gun that most would agree outshines the
original Parker engraver’s work. IT IS
FABULOUS! Look at the detail, background
shading, depth of cuts, the beaded fences, and the flow of the scroll and
bouquets of flowers. The trigger guard
is a masterpiece. There was no expense
spared creating this one-of-a-kind Parker AAHE.
Vintage doublegun enthusiasts are well aware that Parker’s live bird
guns received special care when ordered, with slightly overbored barrels (.735
bore diameter), precise chambers and chokes, and solid patterns developed by
their best barrel men before shipping.
If you ever wanted to own a high-grade Parker live bird gun with these
features, buying an upgraded gun is the only path available. Many upgraded Parkers exist, but upon
scrutiny do not measure up to what a historically correct Parker should
be. They only made ONE Parker AAHE 12ga.
with a vent rib and ONE with a beavertail, and it is not likely they were on
the same gun, and near impossible that either was a live-bird gun. The only way to own a Parker so configured is
to buy this masterpiece. The gun is like
new inside and out, with all mechanics tuned, barrels tight on the hinge pin
and breech face like a new gun, VFI CERTIFIED with a 90-day mechanical
warranty. See specifications below. At 8lbs. 2oz. and balanced ½” ahead of the
hinge pin and choked M/F, she is set up to be explosive at the traps, on the
sporting clays course, or in the field.
She is an elegant shooting machine!
Thanks for looking, and don’t hesitate to call with questions.
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Payment Methods: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax: Collected in AR, IL, KS, MI, PA, TN
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $320.00 within the continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK. We ship internationally with additional fees! (**NOTE that most all of this is INSURANCE. If you have your own, we could arrange your insurance covering it.)
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes
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Please see all of our fine Vintage Firearms on this website. We have many more sxs shotguns, o/u shotguns, rifles and handguns not yet listed, check back or email us for a preview. We are a Wilson Combat dealer! Thanks for looking!
We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs "tweaked", let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns "as found" and others want them "just so". We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.
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