I just looked at the pictures of this interesting carbine. FYI, the serial number of your carbine falls in line with two other Parkhurst carbines I know of. The first was the Parkhurst carbine that was in my friend Bill Rutter's collection that sold 2 years ago. That carbine's serial number, 288,286 is very close to yours. Bill told me when he purchased the firearm he acquired it from a collector/dealer, a man by the name of Mel Helminski. He purchased it in Eagle River, WI (northern portion of the state). An old man came into the show and said it was his deer rifle but he needed to trade it for something that had a scope. The rifle had a Pacific peep sight installed where the selector switch was, and for decades this was his primary deer hunting rifle. Mel took one look and noticed it had the Parkhurst clip device attached to the magazine. He bought it and then sold it to Bill. Judging by the condition of your carbine, it sure looks to me like it could have spent decades at some old deer camp. I can't imagine a better deer rifle back in the 20's and 30's than a 22" barrelled Krag carbine. Yours being threaded for the Maxim silencer is amazing.
The other Parkhurst Krag carbine was in the Johnathan Peck collection - the serial number of that carbine is 288,780.
In the last several posts, the topic has been the Parkhurst clip, used with that carbine and/or rifle. I thought I would post some pictures of the Parkhurst clip in my collection, which I got from Bill Rutter.
Great find!
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