What did you add to your Parker Collection in 2016??

[Harold Pickens]

Great little gun John. I can see my neighbors house from my den, and he has a PH 20 with steel barrels that he has had since he was a kid, and he is over 80 now. Cant get him to sell it to me, but I casually bring it up every time I see him. Maybe one of these days.

[6pt-Sika]

Well lets see I sold a Krieghoff first year production K-32 as well as a very nice AH Fox A grade 16 gauge .

I bought a CZ550 FS 6.5x55 , a Mannlicher Schoenauer MCA Carbine in 270 WIN , a WW Greener F grade 10 gauge , Stag Arms AR-15 in 6.8 SPC , Bushmaster AR-15 in 450 Bushmaster , DPMS AR-10 in 308 , Alexander Arms AR-15 upper in 6.5 Grendel with a Rock River lower , built a AR-10 260 REM upper .Also bought a relatively inexpensive Howa 1500 Mini in 6.5 Grendel .

Seems the only Parker thing I bought this past year was a set of PH #3 frame 12 gauge 32" twist barrels with matching serial number forend .

Not much(number wise) on my want list a VH or GH 28 and an EH or NH 10 with factory UNCUT barrels 28" or less .

[C.O.B.]

Well if were going to expand this to non Parker acquisitions then here goes.

Fox CE 32 inch 12 straight grip, Francotte 20E 20ga 26 inch IC/M and an already proven grouse gun.
Rifles- a custom 25-06 and a 275 Rigby both built on 1909 Argentine Mauser actions.
Pre64 M70's- 257 Roberts (2), 300 Savage, 7MM STD & carbine, 35 Remington, 300 H&H and a 220 swift both super grades, 220 swift and a 243 both varmint rifles, a couple of 270's, 250 Savage.

other rifles Cooper varmint in 220 swift and a Heym double rifle in 500 BPE.

I know I'm missing something but I just can't place it. I'm glad my wife doesn't look at this

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

Pre64 M70's-220 swift and a 243 both varmint rifles.:

A few years back I had the pair of Pre 64 Model 70 Varmints . I killed a veritable pile of groundhogs with those two rifles . The 243 I had was a 1956 and the Swift a 1960 . Both had stainless barrels I might add .

[C.O.B.]

Both of the Winchester varmint rifles are tack drives and give the Cooper's a run for their money. Both are from the mid 50's as well.

I did forget to mention the Ruger #1 450-400 3" NE.
Somewhere along the line there is a W.R. Papa 28ga hammer gun but I don't recall if it was last year or the year before. I do know I bought it at the Great Northern shoot in WI. Damn I'm hopeless

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

Well if were going to expand this to non Parker acquisitions then here goes.

Well Rich I was keeping it to SxS, but here's one that I really am proud of; a pre-war first year of production Midas grade Browning superposed.
It's still being corrected from a poor stock job.

I know, the barrels go the other way....

[Bill Murphy]

Larry, I think I saw your great Midas on another forum, but I may be mistaken. My prewar Midas Trap is # 4868. What is your serial number? What other details can you tell us. Maybe you could show us the back end and the forend. If there ever was a classic over under, this is it.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Larry, I think I saw your great Midas on another forum, but I may be mistaken. My prewar Midas Trap is # 4868. What is your serial number? What other details can you tell us. Maybe you could show us the back end and the forend. If there ever was a classic over under, this is it.

Bill this is the first time I have posted any pictures of the Midas, so I know it wasn't mine that you were looking at. The serial number is in the 900s.

[Bill Murphy]

Do you have any provenance information on your gun? I will share my provenance if you are interested. The last owner of my Midas was W.W. Wilson in Maryand, whose nephew or such, is a member of one of my gun clubs. He recognized the Browning letter information as well as the gun when I showed it to him. There is information on the original owner also. Tell me what you know about your guy.