New SBT

[Paul Harm]

Just bought my first one off Gunsinternational. It looked real nice and got a real good price. With my back and leg problem it looks like trap will be fun with the help of a bar stool. I use to shoot it back in the 70s, so it's been a while. I'll report back after I shoot it. Kind a wanted one for the last 10 years or so. I hope to be a happy camper this next week.

[Bill Murphy]

Give us a hint, maybe some pictures or some specs. All of us should own a single barrel trap, the most underrated Parker out there.

[Paul Harm]

I'm not much for pictures, not knowing how to post them on this site. Some just allow you to hit attachments box and post them. It's already been sent so I should have it this week.

[Eric Eis]

Don't worry Paul, Bill hasn't figured out how to post pictures either :rotf:

[Paul Harm]

rich - :cheers:

[Paul Harm]

Pretty nice gun. Stock and receiver are excellent but the barrel has some spots where rust was starting but now blue. I didn't even notice them at first. It has .030 choke, or full. It shot better than me. I haven't shot trap in years and I'm all over the place. My timing is also way off. I should be able to improve with the warmer weather starting to show up. I'm very satisfied with my purchase and most the guys think I got a steal.

[Paul Harm]

I left the barrel with a local man who supposedly knows how to rust blue. He's been doing it for years. Hope to get it back in time for the SxS shoot - May 11th. I'll have info out on it shortly.

[Jeff Christie]

I agree with Bill. SBTs are certainly the most underrated Parker. And in all likelihood the most used Parker of those who own them. I’m certain that I shoot ten to fifteen times the shells thru my SC as I do in all my others. I suspect that the few SAs and above lurk around safes but the C’ s and B’s get to the range all season long. Heck, every now and then I think it would be fun to try it on turkey.

[Paul Harm]

Well, finally got to shoot it yesterday. Shot just some straight aways to see how high it shoots. I'm at a lost. When shooting anything else I do a maintain lead. I shoot gun down, look ahead of the bird as I mount the gun and shoot shortly after the gun is mounted. So, at trap it's premounted holding on the trap house and pull the trigger as I swing through the bird. I don't really see a lead, it all happens too fast. I just have to shoot some more. Anyways, it breaks birds just fine even with the 3/4oz loads I use. Tried a couple at 25yds - good breaks, and at 27 - well, the jury is still out. Had a couple of good breaks, but missed quite a few. Not sure if it's the light loads or just me. Probably me.
I'm not sure, but it might be possible the stock and forearm are replacements. They look correct, but you could see a slim sliver of light in about a 1" section near the top on the side of the gun between the receiver and stock. A little Aurcaglass fixed that. It appears the distance on the forearm between the release lever and the hardware on the inside are a bit too far apart. Numerous times when taking the forearm and barrel off I had to take out the two screws holding the release lever, pull it out and rotate the locking block around so it would re-engage the release lever. I'm going to have to look at it a bit more before I do anything. Over all I'm quite happy with the gun, and real happy with the price. It's been 40 years since I shot trap - looking for my first again straight.
Oh ya, the barrel looks just fine. The guy did a good job. I'm not sure how shinny the barrel should be. Mine is just plain black - no shin. When I gave it to him the bluing was more like a modern barrel.

[Jeff Christie]

Post some photos. Worth a thousand words. Glad you are having fun with it. Shoot the #$% out of it. They are great fun.

[Paul Harm]

Posting pictures is a little too high tech for me. I still use a flip phone.

[Dean Romig]

Is it one of the early ones with the dial on it? You can't post pictures from those.....






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[Daryl Corona]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;274957]Is it one of the early ones with the dial on it? You can't post pictures from those.....


I've got one of those rotary dial phones too. I have to go through an operator to make a call.:) For God's sake , I shoot 100 year old shotguns.:eek:

[Stephen Hodges]

Operator?? I did not know they still exhist:) Probable answered in India:whistle:

[Paul Harm]

Had a 22 and 23 last night and was shooting my magnum loads - 7/8oz. Both misses were me. Our leagues are starting and I hope I can continue with the good shooting. It feels great and swings nice. Maybe it's the Federal papers I reloaded.

[charlie cleveland]

yep got to be the federal papers they will do it every time...charlie good luck with the shooting

[Paul Harm]

Well, the more I look at the barrel, the more disappointed I become. I believe the fellow doing it used a sand blaster to remove the old bluing. It's now a grainy black, not a nice smooth surface. What do you guys who own one have to say about the surface. It was smooth when I gave it to him. It is very uniform in color, just a shall I say ruff surface.

[Dean Romig]

He probably let it rust too long.





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[Paul Harm]

A good friend, who is also a gunsmith, is the one who suggested it that a sandblaster was used to remove the old bluing. He said he then should have smoothed it up before bluing. I'll just shoot it for now.

[John Dallas]

At the good friend?

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Paul, Don't let the boys get to you about your rotary dial phone, The one I use does not have a dial!

[Paul Harm]

Oh no. Today after a 40 year lay off, my third round was a 25. Twice I thought I had missed. That gun still broke em. It's a keeper for sure.

[John Dallas]

It isn't the arrow - It's the indian

[Jeff Christie]

Don’t dwell on the barrel. Dwell on the target. It’s kind of a zen thing- be the bullet/shot swarm. Congratulations on the first of many straights with your SBT!

[Paul Harm]

A good looking bow always helps. You really don't have to shoot good, just look good, and a Parker over your shoulder or under your arm always makes you look better.

[Richard Flanders]

I can clearly remember when our farm house had a wooden crank phone like that. That's all there was in that area until the early 60's. Just can't remember the operators name. The phone line was a wire strung along on the ground through the bushes on the side of the road. I can remember my grandfather picking it up and cranking it and yelling through the hand mic at the operator; neither of them could hear much.

Good luck with your SBT Paul. I'm thinking I'd do well with one since it has a single trigger. I love busting clays way out there with the long guns!

[Phil Yearout]

Our house had a similar phone in the mid-50's, complete with a central operator and a party line - you had to listen for YOUR ring before you picked up (of course, anybody else who wanted to pick up too could listen in) and you had to go through the operator and give her the number to call out. I remember we were in pretty tall cotton when the town finally got rotary dial phones.

[Richard Flanders]

When we got a rotary phone we still had 7 households on our party line. Imagine trying that now?!! Even as remote as we are in this camp, we have a satellite internet system that allows calling with smart(???????????????)phones so everyone has one in their hand 24/7 when they're not using them for something else. They even sleep with them beside their pillow and text constantly during the day. No thanks.