| Bruce Day |
08-11-2009 02:56 PM |
About 5-6 years ago, the PGCA obtained from Remington and sold through bids one of the 20ga AHE guns made by Remington in the 1980's. A member in California bought the gun. It was a nicely made piece and was exhibited at meetings. I am not aware that it has been publicly shown since purchase. See the Parker Pages at the time for photos and description.
What you refer to as a "slam" test was not. It was more accurately a "drop" test where the gun was dropped butt first, safety off, from chest high distance above a hard surface. I understand sometimes the gun could be made to fire. The Parker Repros and the new Remington Parker AAHE 28ga use the original Parker double trigger and single trigger( late variation) design. I understand that present Remington management concludes that the Parker trigger mechanism is sufficiently safe. As an aside, the lighter the pounds pull, the more likely a gun is to fire with the drop test, so we have production 870's and others with 5 lb trigger pulls. What's a Ruger? 6lbs? When you want a Parker with standard trigger pulls of 3lbs front, 3 1/2lbs rear, it is more likely to discharge when dropped safety off.
I have shot both the 28ga Parker Repro and the 28ga Remington( CT Mfg) Parker AAHE. The AAHE seemed somewhat more solid feeling because there was less barrel and opening lever vibration. The difference was small and I was looking to find a difference. Both are nice guns and differences in use are likely not noticeable to most people. I understand there is up to a year's wait on a new AAHE 28ga so if you are interested, you might want to get your name on the list as soon as possible to be in time for hunting season 2010.
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