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.
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