Ernie, you are trying to deal with too many guns at one time. I suggest you deal with just one at a time. The A5 has pretty much been resolved. The Parker is a G grade which is neither good nor bad. All Parkers are built the same, just some additional decoration on the ascending grades. The G grade is their second grade and is not going to make you wealthy. The question was does it have a safety. Parker safeties are all on the top of the stock, not the side. The gun with a side safety would be the Sauer so disregard the Sauer for now and see if the Parker has a safety or not. Some were made without a safety for specific shooting competition. Case colors are located on the metal portion just forward of the butt stock (the receiver). The case colors sort of look like the colors of an oil slick in the sun. Swirly, muted blues, greens, yellows, reds. The gun originally had those but they wear off easy. Collectors of Parkers guage their value based on the grade, remaining case colors and rarity of a particular guage. This will be so much easier when you can post photos.
