New member from the South Island of New Zealand
 

Hi
My Dad who is just turned ninety has passed the Parker ( which his father owned ) onto to me. He has been duck shooting since the age 14 and missed only 2 years while working oversea. He now uses a "plastic fantastic" due to its lightness.
The 1st 3 serial numbers are 103 which I believe would have it manufactured around 1901. It has 32 " barrels and 12g. I and my younger brothers all learnt to shoot with the Parker as teenagers. It has and always will be considered as a working gun and I look forward to the day when my grandsons have the privileged to shoot with it.

Wow, the South Island of New Zealand! Wonderful place in which you live. I have visited and I was impressed with the life style and the beauty. I have a long time friend that now lives in Oamaru and I have an open invite to visit.... BUT I refuse to fly because of the cattle car treatment from the airlines; it is tempting to fly there though. Welcome to our web site, I hope you enjoy it as much as the rest of us!

Hello Richmond and welcome to the forum!

Nice to hear about your family Parker - those are the most special ones.

We had an annual member for a few years from Tasmania by the name of Ron McDonald who hunted brown quail on West Sister Island. He wrote and co-authored articles for our magazine Parker Pages and included pictures. Ron owned five Parkers including a 16 gauge CHE and an assortment of Parker ephemera. He came here to the US for a couple of weeks and while here he visited our previous editor, Austin Hogan, stayed with him for a few days and went ruffed grouse hunting with him in New Hampshire during his stay.

Again, Welcome!





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Thanks for your comments ... and as for Oamaru it was my place of birth, pass through it from time to time.

I love the South Island and have spent a lot of time there before and after working in Antarctica. Have always wanted to fly fish for brown trout out of Queenstown, I think it is.