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Unread 08-26-2023, 07:48 AM   #1
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Skeet guns seem to always be an interesting discussion. According to the The Parker Story no skeet configured guns were noted prior to #232262 in 1929. Has anyone seen a Parker with configurations on an earlier gun? I know some skeet guns have been “fabricated” and one has to exercise caution. What is your opinion on the attached images.
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Is that two sets of Remington date codes? Great gun.
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A true Parker Skeet gun should have had reverse chokes to the best of my knowledge. This one does not.





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Pretty early for a factory skeet gun. The skeet markings were probably applied when the Remington Repair Codes were stamped. None of this reduces the value of a great gun.
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Were the skeet chokes always reversed even on a single selective trigger?
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Were the skeet chokes always reversed even on a single selective trigger?
That was my question as well.
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FWIW, I once had a Remington/Parker 16 gauge skeet gun (noted as such on the IBM card) that was not reversed choked. It had a single selective trigger.
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A true Parker Skeet gun should have had reverse chokes to the best of my knowledge. This one does not.





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I should think with a single selective trigger that’s a moot point . Besides what they claimed as skeet in and skeet out are a heck of a lot tighter than what would fill that bill today .
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Were the skeet chokes always reversed even on a single selective trigger?


Yes I have seen that before. Wish I could answerr better but I am having a hell of a time with the eyes. John D you need to upgrade this to voice to text!
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All but a very few Parker skeet guns have selective single triggers. A very few have double triggers, but those may have been "not" skeet guns when they were made. I have never heard of a Parker skeet gun with a non-selective single trigger from the factory.
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