Early Retirement Gift to me 😂

[birddogdoc]

This is the 16 model 21. It’s gonna be my woodcock gun for next year...it’s IC/M with 26” barrels

[Reggie B]

I like that 16 but I could not bring myself to remove that Winchester butt plate!!

[bob lyons]

I also recently retired and always wanted a model 21. An opportunity presented itself to pick one up and I glad I got it
Waiting to shoot it.
20 gauge
26 “ IC Mod
Skeet model
Checkered butt
BT forend
Perfect dimension for me

[John Bastiani]

I'm a big Winchester model 21 as well. One of my favorite guns in my collection is a model 21-20 gauge skeet -28 inch barrel-matte rib -pistol grip and checkered butt with a beautiful piece of wood. The gun is about mint and factory letters. I really would like to find a 20 gauge Grand American one of these days. Anyways-Enjoy your retirement gift!

[Bill Murphy]

I know this is a Parker site, but discussion about 21s is a breath of fresh air. I bought my first 21s in 1965 when I was 19 and a starving college student. My dad talked me into a partnership where we ended up with a 20 Skeet and a 12 Field grade, cased together in a Purdey oak and leather case. I had shown dad an ad in the Washington Post classifieds for the guns and he insisted we drive to Alexandria, Virginia to "look at them". They turned out to be more than we could resist, mint condition, five years into the custom shop era, and cheap. I still have the wonderful 20 gauge that was dad's half of the partnership and still nearly unfired, and the great Purdey double case and cover. I hunted the finish off the 12 gauge behind great dogs chasing southern Pennsylvania pheasants and doves for eight years. It was also my clay target gun for the same eight years. I traded the 12 gauge 21 for a Parker SC in 1973.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Beautiful gun Shawn!! May you break many clays and down many birds with that set up. BTW. HAPPY RETIREMENT!!

[Phil Yearout]

What is this retirement you speak of?

[birddogdoc]

Originally Posted by Phil Yearout

What is this retirement you speak of?

I sold my practice after 18 years. I'm gonna work for the new owners part time for a couple of years unless they piss me off

[Harold Pickens]

I am sure a man of your talent could work 11 days a week if you so desired. When I retired, I had so many practices wanting me to come to work for them, I still get calls. I do work 2 days/week now, but even that gets in the way of planning hunting trips. I dont know whether the work ethic is just too strong, or if I am just too cheap to quit--I suspect both.
Woodcock? where you going for that?

[birddogdoc]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

I am sure a man of your talent could work 11 days a week if you so desired. When I retired, I had so many practices wanting me to come to work for them, I still get calls. I do work 2 days/week now, but even that gets in the way of planning hunting trips. I dont know whether the work ethic is just too strong, or if I am just too cheap to quit--I suspect both.
Woodcock? where you going for that?

South Carolina.

I may have the same problem Harold! HAHA