Scott's New DHE20/30

[Bruce Day]

Scott Gentry's new Parker 20ga 30" DHE . 0 Frame, SSBP. A nice, no excuses gun that doesn't often become available. The last photo shows a numeral 1 on the forend lug, indicating that this barrel set is the first of missing multiple barrel sets.

With this a person would not need or want another Parker, right?

[Mark Callanan]

Wow very nice

[Mike Shepherd]

If that were my gun I would say "Satan get the behind me, you can't tempt me anymore!"

I was either paraphrasing or plagiarizing the senior Charles Askins.

[Dean Romig]

Wow!

I covet my neighbor's Parker.

[Erick Dorr]

Awesome gun. Dogs seem to be much more defined and finished than the norm.
Erick

[Jeff Christie]

A really great looking gun!! Thanks for sharing the photos.

[Scott Gentry]

Thank you Mr. Day for posting.
Sent for letter today, choked R:.004/L :.018,
Feel very honored to be caretaker of the next chapter of a special gun.

[Dean Romig]

Nice chokes too!!

[Larry Frey]

With this a person would not need or want another Parker, right?

Bruce,
You know better than that!:)

Scott,
That's a really great gun. You are indeed lucky to have acquired such a fine gun. Do you know yet what the other set of barrels was?

[Scott Gentry]

I do not have a clue about the possible missing barrel or barrels, hope letter may shed some light. Will inquire back thru original owners family, that would indeed be icing on a lovely cake....

It is a dream to shoot, funny how the nicer the gun looks the better it feels, ha..it does fit me to a T.
A true example of American craftsmanship.

[charlie cleveland]

what a gun....hope you find those barrels..get billmurphy on the trail of those barrels he has been known to do the impossible no pawn intended bill... charlie

[George Lander]

Not trying to pirate this interesting thread, but I wonder how many DHE 20's were made with a chequered butt rather than a skeleton butt plate.

Just Wondering, George

[Bruce Day]

Other than true late skeet guns, which are mostly V's, mine may be the only DHE 20 with checkered butt.

Regarding Scott's new gun, I know this was bought through a private sale and not on the open market. Highly desirable small bore Parkers seldom reach the market and are often sold privately by word of mouth.

[Dean Romig]

I know of another DHE 20 with a factory checkered butt and there are probably more. Generally, the only entry in the books that might refer to this feature would be a notation such as "no butt" or something along those lines. Some may not have any notation at all about it though it may still be a 'factory' checkered butt.
I know of a CHE 20 with 30" damascus barrels with a straight grip, checkered butt and no safety that was sent to Canada.

[Rich Anderson]

Several years ago (relying on memory:eek:) Mark Conrad bought a C grade with a checkered but which was factory original by the records at the Southern.

Scott I have a DHE 20 with 30 inch bbls and your going to love it. Congrats on a nice find.

[Bill Murphy]

The Billy Mitchell CHE has a checkered butt from the factory. It is an unusual special order gun with #1 frame, 28" Acme barrels,straight grip, and the mentioned checkered butt.

[Jeff Christie]

What is the "Billy Mitchell" CHE? A gun once owned by Mitchell?

[Bruce Day]

The question was about D 20's with checkered butt. I knew of one, and the owner of the other and I have talked on the telephone. It sounds like a great gun and he is hopeful he will be able to show it at the Southern. It was sent back to be restocked with straight grip and checkered butt. So now I know of two.

There are several other guns with checkered butts, including Gen. Billy Mitchell's C 12.

[Bill Murphy]

Kevin McCormack once owned a nice 30" DHE or DH 20 with checkered butt. I can't remember whether Kevin pronounced it original or not. It was a very nicely preserved white gun.

[Bruce Day]

The butt of Scott's D where the circular lightening holes can be seen.

[George Lander]

Other than true late skeet guns, which are mostly V's, mine may be the only DHE 20 with checkered butt.

Regarding Scott's new gun, I know this was bought through a private sale and not on the open market. Highly desirable small bore Parkers seldom reach the market and are often sold privately by word of mouth.

Thanks Bruce, Dean, et al The one that I have I bought at Holt's auction in England. It has British proofs and an initial plate with the name McGraw engraved. I plan to bring it to The Southern to try for more information. The Parker letter that I recieved had very little new info aside from the fact that it was made & shipped in 1925.

Best Regards, George

[Jay Gardner]

The perfect grouse gun.

[Mark Conrad]

Rich, the gun I bought with a factory checkered butt was a BHE 16. I also have a AAHE with a factory checkered butt. The Order books indicate, no steel butt or something to that effect. The AA I have is the only AA that I saw in the records with a checkered butt. A few more mid grades have surfaced but any early gun with a factory checkered butt is rare. I am not talking about the latter skeet guns.

[Rich Anderson]

The perfect grouse gun.

There is no such thing....how do I know this?.....I have at least 15 of them:rotf::rotf:

Mark thanks for mentioning the gun/guns with a checkered butt. I thought you bought one but couldn't remember what it was, I'm astounded I remembered it at all, that was several years ago.

[Jay Gardner]

There is no such thing....how do I know this?.....I have at least 15 of them:rotf::rotf:

Oh I know. I just have a hard time not saying "you're the one" to Parkers. Tis better to be fickle about grouse than women, and much less expensive as well.

[Rich Anderson]

The perfect Grouse gun is as elusive as the winning lottery ticket. What fun would the perfect Grouse/Woodcock/Pheasant/Quail gun be anyway?
I do think that I have come very,very close however the hunt always continues:)

[Scott Gentry]

Any Ideas on XXXX grip means? Maybe it is not legiable.



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[Robin Lewis]

My guess, the X's are place holders in the standard form portion of the letter that Chuck failed to change into actual book number and actual grip type.

I suggest you PM Chuck and ask him to correct this.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

I agree with Eric in that the engraving is more defined. My DHE 16 132731, from about the same year looks less defined. It too, has a st. grip but has 26" barrels.

[Kevin McCormack]

Kevin McCormack once owned a nice 30" DHE or DH 20 with checkered butt. I can't remember whether Kevin pronounced it original or not. It was a very nicely preserved white gun.

Yes it was a DHE 20 straight grip with an original checkered butt. Not all of them changed hands in deals from widow women wearing red shoes - this was strictly an Eastern gun out of VA on the outskirts of the capital of the Confederacy. Run the numbers and go figure.

[Chuck Bishop]

Robin is correct. I use a word template and use XXX's to denote information that needs to be filled in. The XXX's are in red to bring attention to them. Sometimes in haste, I turn the text all black and don't see the XXX's are still there.

I'm up to 25 letters so far this month and have about 10 more sitting in my in box. 2nd mistake today, I guess I need to slow down and pay more attention to detail.

All it takes is a PM or e-mail if you suspect a mistake.

[Dean Romig]

All it takes is a PM or e-mail if you suspect a mistake.


I agree Chuck.

If someone has an issue with a research letter or perhaps with something in Parker Pages, or something someone on the BOD has said, or for that matter, anything that one doesn't agree with for whatever reason.... rather than broadcasting it for the whole world to see and cause embarrassment to another PGCA Member, please contact the person by PM or email and straighten things out between the two of you without involving everyone else... please.

[Scott Gentry]

I apologize, I simply did not understand the x's in the letter.
Chuck did send me a pm and cleared everything up.
Dean I assure you it was an honest mistake, I will refrain from
posting.

[Noel McCormack]

Awesome. Beautiful engraving. Thanks for sharing.

[Dean Romig]

Dean I assure you it was an honest mistake, I will refrain from
posting.


I certainly hope you don't mean that. I would never suggest someone stop posting over a simple issue like this.

Best Regards,
Dean

[Chris Travinski]

I had a DHE in the late 179,000 serial number range, the engraving in that era D grades is exceptional to say the least. That was a 30" gun too.

[Dennis V. Nix]

Congratulations. That is a beautiful gun.

Dennis