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Antique Parker SxS Shotgun

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:900.00 USD
Antique Parker SxS Shotgun
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA
Antique Parker Side-by-Side Shotgun, #88490, 12 ga., 30'' barrels choked IC/IM, case hardened frame, checkered straight walnut stock with splinter forend, and later red rubber Old English butt pad. Mfg'd 1898. Top of barrel marked ''Parker Bros. Makers, Meriden, Conn. Titanic Steel''. Condition is fine as professionally refinished. Barrels with correct blue/black and crisp markings to top of matted rib. Banknote engraving and game scenes to frame have thinned and later added case colors retain approx. 65%-70% hues. Triggerguard shows moderate thinning at serial number. Stock with light sanding, re-checking, and thinning to teardrop details. Buttstock features brass oval disc to bottom of stock marked ''R.M.'', and to comb of stock near butt pad with what appears to be the large initial ''C''. Action remains tight, bores are bright. Est.: $1,800-$2,400. (Antique)