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Please take a look at this old Parker. I'm curious what you think might have caused the abuse around the breech, both sides snd another place near the top? JL http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=56199320
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Dropping, perhaps more than once and likely on a hard, non-flat surface (like gravel or similar), probably from more than "hand held" or "table" height comes to mind. I'm thinking wierd things like a second-story window, porch railing etc., perhaps when cleaning outdoors? Just one crazy guess.
Overall the gun looks like it had a less-than-careful owner, and/or lots of hard use.
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"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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"Normal wear ding" at 11AM left barrel looks like it was dressed and smoothed in bird's eye but they all look like fractures from the breech end. I wonder if this is the damage inflicted by an owner/operator or by the untrained, unsupervised and inquisitive (children)? The main thing that does not favor this view is that the barrels are still with the gun. No damage to the extractor or muzzles so wasn't actually driven into the ground as a stake. Didn't distort the round chambers either so it wasn't whanged against a brick wall or a sidewalk. Setting naiheads with a punchbar sort of motion. Speaking of bricks, impact pointing of hard mortar? Whatever they were used for last is pretty much what they remain.
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Send it to Ed!
He can fix anything!
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Note the barrels are serial'd different than the rest of the gun. They might have come out of a junk bin somewhere after being used for 35 years as a door prop.
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This was Parkers' early attempt to match cocking indicators of Uncle Dan. To advoid a patten infringement they made or were trying to make chamber access openings to visually check that the chamber held a shell. They stole the thought from Scotts' crystal indicators but as they never figured out how to make a side plate gun they were limited on how and what they could do. Obviously the attempt failed and was given up.   Hope Ed does not see this one because it is a very rare example. If expertly RESTORED, as only he can do, it would be almost priceless. Might go as high as double figures, per pound. Far out of my reach. 
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The barrels are not serial numbered different then the gun. That different number is the order number that the Brothers P put on the guns during that time frame.
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