Album: Parker Lifter Damascus

From THE 1872 CATALOG introducing the "Improved Solid Breech Guns": $75 (Back Action 12g with Decarbonized barrels), $85 (>8# in 10, 11, 12), $100 (Front Action with English Twist), $110 (Same in 10g), $135 (Laminated or 3 Iron "Horse-shoe" or "Oxford" Damascus), $150 (Laminated or 3 Iron "Oxford"), $200 (Laminated or "Oxford" and can be identified by the 'Teardrop' bolsters and 'gold mount'), $250 ("Finest Damascus" barrels-both 3 Iron "Oxford" and 4 Iron "Turkish" Damascus have been identified) The "Oxford" Damascus pattern was also referred to as Damas Crolle', Hufnagel, and rarely London.

There was a transition in the damascus pattern from the higher grade Lifters to the Hammerless guns. The c. mid-1870s $135 through $200 grade Lifters had, for the most part, the same 3 Iron 'Oxford' barrel, likely of British origin. The later Hammerless Grade 3 and up were given a much finer 'Turkish' crolle, likely from Belgium.