American SxS's - Parker (Pic's)
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:27 am
During all my years in India I did not come across many old American SxS. Most of the SxS's were British, Belgium or Spanish and a few German. My dad had Stevens (American) and my uncle owned a Iver Johnson. I never heard of or seen any classic American SxS like Parkers, A.H. Fox, Lefever etc.
Recently I was researching an old Parker GH made in 1899 and learned a lot about American SxS and thought I will share here on the forum.
I was going over an old 1964 American catalog and was surprised to see that when a H&H SxS double rifle cost $1250 & a Westley Richards SxS rifle cost $800, Parker Bros shotgun of America 's highest grade shotgun was valued at $1600 (production had stopped by then).
They made various grades of SxS and the lower grade were less expensive but high quality guns. Unlike many manufacturers now they had 8 or 9 frame sizes and each gauge was made on a different frame size to suit the application.
Parkers have a very dedicated following in North America. I own a lower grade Parker (grade 2, grades start at 0 and go up to 7 or 8 ), a GH model, this is a Damascus 16 gauge on a 20 gauge frame and considered comparatively rare.
Pics of my 16ga Parker on a 0 frame....nothing fancy, a plain old 112 year old gun in original condition.
Herbert
Recently I was researching an old Parker GH made in 1899 and learned a lot about American SxS and thought I will share here on the forum.
I was going over an old 1964 American catalog and was surprised to see that when a H&H SxS double rifle cost $1250 & a Westley Richards SxS rifle cost $800, Parker Bros shotgun of America 's highest grade shotgun was valued at $1600 (production had stopped by then).
They made various grades of SxS and the lower grade were less expensive but high quality guns. Unlike many manufacturers now they had 8 or 9 frame sizes and each gauge was made on a different frame size to suit the application.
Parkers have a very dedicated following in North America. I own a lower grade Parker (grade 2, grades start at 0 and go up to 7 or 8 ), a GH model, this is a Damascus 16 gauge on a 20 gauge frame and considered comparatively rare.
Pics of my 16ga Parker on a 0 frame....nothing fancy, a plain old 112 year old gun in original condition.
Herbert
