Bird Hunting Opportunities in Iowa Circa 1912

[Craig Larter]

Thanks Frank I appreciate your help.

[Craig Larter]

So I now have the gun it is a interesting example of the great variety in Parkers. It's a 20 gauge 26" gun on a O frame but weights 6lbs 12oz. The chokes are .028/.028. 2 1/2" chambers. The min walls are .042/.042. It handles well for me but o need to shoot some clays. Built kind like me short and stout in the middle.

[Researcher]

Back in the day, folks weren't fully convinced of these little guns and their tiny payloads, 3/4 and 7/8 for the 20-gauge and 5/8 for the 28-gauge, and hence full chokes were thought necessary. My started into production in September 1930 and shipped Armistice Day 1930, 0-frame 26-inch 20-gauge chambered for 2 1/2 inch shells has .022" right and .028" left. Ron's letter on my gun doesn't state where or to whom it was shipped.

I know in my years of searching out smallbore Remington Model 31 pumps, finding anything but a full choke is tough.