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Lot 3302
Exceedingly Rare Parker Custom Made Lifter Side Lock 10 Gauge Shotgun
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Serial number 1033 on trigger guard tang, water table, under the forend twice, forend pin, and barrel hinge, 30 in. barrels marked PARKER BROS MAKERS MERIDEN CONN DAMASCUS STEEL, elaborate fencing, fine engraving to the receiver with a quail and a setter on the right side, a woodcock and pointer on the left side, a setter head profile on the bottom, finely checkered American walnut stock and forend, skeleton butt plate.

Overall Length 47 in.

One of the first production guns to come from the Parker factory, it is custom made and estimated to cost $200 in 1875.

Appears to be a repair on top of the stock behind the hammers, pitting to both bores.