New member from Reno. Have a sweet DHE 1904

[Jan Sluchak]

Hello to the group. Good to be aboard. Every fall Pheasants in South Dakota and dove at home in Nevada. 28ga on dove but up to 12 on the big cock birds! I spent time with an ill fitting VH and have experience with borrowed parker repro 20's (wish I'd bought one on the close outs!) and the usual higher grade Brownings. When we shoot in SD, we like double guns for safety as we are on and off transport vehicles to different fields so with those perimeters and the fact that my buddies show up from indiana, some pretty nice sxs guns show up. Well I wanted to drive a nicer car as they say. A couple of weeks ago a very nice DHE walked into the room. 1 frame, titanic steel, 28''(Not cut as the barrels kiss nicely!), skeletron buttplate, choked M and C by my gauge and my goodness it was 14" pull so still shootable. Ejecters throw perfectly distance wise and the shell mated as they fly. Hammer strikes strong on bothe side with a hasty scotch tape test at the store. It was priced by a large store that didn't know Parkers real well so I did quite well purchasing it. They were able to date it at 1904. That is the reason for joining the group. I will get the hang of posting the photos to share. I want to shoot it though at the skeet and clays range though. I have checked for cracks, non mating surfaces any stress inducing mating and have not found an issue. When I bought it, I though my Krieghoff was going to get an occasional day off because this gun said CLAYS to me. As it has 2 3/4 chambers, will my usual RIOs be OK and in the hunting world can I shoot my golden pheasants? How strong are these tubes?
I will be sending in a request for a factory letter which should be interesting to see if it's in the registry.
And I also need to know through research here who can do parker grade maint. services as it is 117 years old.. Double triggers seem fine.
I believe in shooting these, and hope that is OK.
Thanks for any help and GREETING FROM RENO NV.