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Lot Description

** Parker DHE SxS Shotgun with Titanic Steel Barrels

12 Gauge. 2.625" chamber lengths. 32" barrel length. SN: 234154. Full Choke left bore and Modified right. 14.25" length of pull. 1.5" drop to comb. 1.75" drop to heel. Blued metal finish with casehardened frame and mounting fancy Circassian walnut English style stock with beavertail forend and a factory ventilated barrel rib. Double-barrel hammerless side by side ejector boxlock shotgun with a leather wrapped buttplate. The shotgun mounts a 1 1/2 size frame that is marked PAT'D. OCT. 25. 1910. on the water tables and shows the DH grade marking below the serial number. The tang safety is blued with SAFE engraved into the tang forward of it. The barrel rib mounts twin bead sights with a matted texture pattern along its entire length, displaying an intact border at the muzzle end and silver solder at the rear seam. The rib is stamped PARKER BROS. MAKERS. MERIDEN CT. U.S.A. TITANIC STEEL within arrows on the rib itself. Further markings on the barrel flats read OVERLOAD/PARKER GUN WORKS/PROVED with the left chamber marked 3 and the right DD3 at the breech. The forend has casehardened metal parts with bordered checkering and the inside flat showing a matching serial number along with the mark PATD. MAY 7. 1901. The frame, triggerguard, tangs, and lever all display Parker style scrollwork and borders surrounding triple vignettes including hunting dogs on the flanks and four pheasants below the frame. Further scrollwork adorns the borders on the forend, and the breech ends of the barrels.

Condition Report

Very Good to Fine. Bores are Minty with a bright blue retained over the barrels showing one abrasion from contact with the forend on the right barrel and some light scratches near the breech. The breech faces show some scorch marks from firing but retain case colors over the water tables. The remaining external frame shows a bright gray patina with fading traces of the casehardening and some tarnish on the tangs. There are spots of brown patina forming on the trigger plate surrounding the triggers, along with traces of brown forming on the lower frame. The forend shows one skip where the peak of a diamond has broken off but otherwise retains a bright polish. Forend shows a crack forming at the edge of the channel for the latch on the inside surface. The buttstock retains sharp details and checkering with a spot of blue-green residue on the right wrist and two small chips at the seam of the right wrist. The leather cover on the butt shows some faint cracks along the outer edges and a spot of black residue on the top of the comb. The barrels lock tightly on face with the latch showing pointing toward the right on lockup.

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