RARITY OF PARKER LIVE PIGEON GRADES

[Paul King]

Gents, thanks for all the feed back. Will continue my research to find its origin.

[John Truitt]

At one time I owned 6 Parkers without safeties.
One 30" straigtht grip known to have been ordered for the ring.
One 34" ordered for a well known trap shooter.
One 32" 20ga I have no idea why or for what she was ordered for and
Three 32" ers with no documentation other than ordered that way.
All were D grades except two VHEs.

If I could walk into the plant at Meriden today and order a new hammerless Parker today I would want one without a safety. One less thing to break or go wrong. I just dont think they are needed on competition guns. As for in the duck blind or in the field thats another story and to each his own.

John

[Bill Murphy]

I am in the middle of a 32" VH project right now. It came to me with the safety removed and when finished, the tang will be welded up. No fuss, no muss. The "Gold Hearts" gun is a no safety gun. That is the extent of my no safety collection if we don't include single trap guns.