6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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Sep 12, 2018
12 gauge, 28" barrels, S/N 30870 (mfg. ca 1883). Browned and color case hardened finish, checkered pistol gripped stock with checkered semi-Schnabel forend. Exposed hammer locks marked PARKER BROS, top rib marked in a single line: PARKER BROS MAKER MERIDEN CONN. TWIST. Matching serial numbers on triggerguard tang, water table, barrel lug and forend. Order number 18092 on barrel flats. Water table marked in two lines PATD. APRIL 11, 1876 / " SEP. 3, 1872 on the right side and with the serial number over PAT'D. MARCH 16, 1875 on the left side. Barrel lug marked "1", indicating that frame size. Barrel flats marked with a two-line patent mark: PATD JUNE 25, 1878 / PAT'D. APRIL 11, 1876 on the right side and TC and 3/10 on the left flat, along with the order number. Bottom of receiver marked: PATD MAR 23, 1875. Forend catch marked PAT'D. MAR 26, 1878. German silver shield escutcheon at wrist, smooth metal buttplate. Minimal decoration, consisting only of simple borderlines around locks, some simple geometric borders around breeches and small foliate finals on top of breech. Simple borderlines present on triggerguard and bottom of receiver, terminating in a geometric finial.
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