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W.G. Parkhurst shotguns?

My grandfather has a W.G.Parkhurst double barrel shotgun with an engraving of a deer on the wood stock of it along with other engravings on the metal parts too but I can't find any info about this gun at all. Please help! I can tell this gun is a one of a kind but can't find any info.

This is all I could find on you weapon.
It sounds as though you have a Damascus barrel shotgun made in either Belgium or England some where around the late 1800s.
This weapon should not be shot at all.
The weapons back then were not designed to handle the high pressure loads of to days ammo.

To try and shoot it will likely damage the weapon and the shooter.

Parkhurst shotguns were made in England by J.P. Clabrough & Brothers., and in Belgium by Simonis, Janssen & Dumoulin. After 1906 they were all made in Belgium
There was also a Wm Parkhurst who made percussion guns in New Hampshire in the later part of the 1800's

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Question about Springfield 1917 30.06 Rifle?

I recently inherited a springfield Rifle, model 1917 30.06 caliber. it has engravings on the barrel and on the round chamber with ordnance symbols and some other ones i can not make out. I was wondering if anyone could give me an estimated price for it, it is in perfect condition with no add ons or anything thats not stock, i even have the original leather strap that it came with, which looks exactly like the guns and straps that the people in Saving Private ryan have. Please send me any links or sites that might have information from gun enthiusiats about my weapon or your idea of whats it worth! Thanks!

Well, first of all, it's not a springfield, they never made a 1917, it was made either by Winchester or Remington (some of the Remingtons are also referred to as an "Eddystone" depending on where they were made). What you might be referring to is that is says ".30-06 Springfield" which is the name of the chambering, not the manufacturer of the rifle. Also, it IS NOT a 1903 made in 1917, the 1917 Enfield is it's own thing based more off a British rifle than anything. Now when it comes to value, there's about nothing so complicated as old American military rifles. The last thing I would recomend is seeing what another one is going for on an online auction, cause this thing could be worth anywhere from about 400 bucks to a couple grand, and it could be REAL hard to tell the difference between the two. Condition of course is important, but the tricky part is that everything has to be original, and that can be very difficult to determine. Lots of military guns were reworked and have different parts put in. Usually you can talk someone through pricing a gun, but this one probably needs a visual inspection. I say take it to a gun shop that buys used guns and just ask them what they'd give you for it. Also, I assume from your name you're not a man (at least I hope not!) so I would recomend bring a guy with you who at least acts like he thinks it's worth a lot of money. As a gun dealer, you see some chic with an inherited gun, nothing personal, but it's their job to try to take you to the cleaners. Not that girls can't be gun savvy, I learned most of what I know from my old boss, who was a 22 year old woman when I started in the business, and one of the most knowledgable people I know, but no need getting an inacurate appraisal. Good luck and I hope it's worth a ton.