30" , 32" and 34" barrels

[CraigThompson]

I am well aware that 34" barrels in good or better condition have a small premium .

Now does a 32" of equal condition to a 30" barrel add any value to a Parker .

All of this is based on a set of barrels that ring , are good on the inside and the gun locks up tight etc etc .

[Rich Anderson]

I don't think it would be an appreciable difference other than in a small bore gun. 30 inch barrels are not that uncommon on a 16 or a 20 but on a 28 they probably are. 32's aren't that uncommon on a 12 but on a 16 and a 20 they can bring a premium. I have never seen anything longer than 30 on a 28 but I'm sure they are out there.

[David Dwyer]

I have only ever heard of one 28ga gun, DHE , with 32"barrels. I think I know who owns it but $75,000 +.
David

[Jeff Kuss]

David,
I think that gun was offered by Robin Hollow recently.
Jeff

[David Dwyer]

Jeff
I did not see it. I know who the two last owners were and knew the recent owner had been selling his collection. How much?
David

[CraigThompson]

I don't think it would be an appreciable difference other than in a small bore gun. 30 inch barrels are not that uncommon on a 16 or a 20 but on a 28 they probably are. 32's aren't that uncommon on a 12 but on a 16 and a 20 they can bring a premium. I have never seen anything longer than 30 on a 28 but I'm sure they are out there.

I was pretty much asking about 12 gauge guns . I am sorta looking for a 32" or 34" gun that's IM/F or F/F for use in the state trap SxS event . I already have a pair of VH/VHE guns that are 12 gauge 30" F/F do thought I'd try and find one I liked at 32" or 34" .

[Jeff Kuss]

It was on in the last month. Price was POR. I didn't have guts enough to even ask.

[Bill Murphy]

Craig, are your 30" trap guns single trigger guns? Have they been reliable? If you want to borrow a 32" trap for the state shoot, let me know. You can have one of mine. However, I don't trust the Parker triggers for a big shoot. I do have a double trigger 32" trap that I would feel comfortable with. I have a way to get it to the shoot and get it back if you are interested. Townsend Breeden will probably be shooting the same even and he is my neighbor. No hurry, think it over.

[Michael Murphy]

Craig,
My experience is that 32" barrels do command some level of premium, even in a 12 ga. They seem to be scooped up quickly by Parker aficionados. The demand for Sporting Clays Parkers is probably the reason. I have a VHE with 32" barrels and you'd be hard pressed to get it out of my hands.

[CraigThompson]

Craig, are your 30" trap guns single trigger guns? Have they been reliable? If you want to borrow a 32" trap for the state shoot, let me know. You can have one of mine. However, I don't trust the Parker triggers for a big shoot. I do have a double trigger 32" trap that I would feel comfortable with. I have a way to get it to the shoot and get it back if you are interested. Townsend Breeden will probably be shooting the same even and he is my neighbor. No hurry, think it over.

The two I have are plain old field guns that I sometimes shoot trap with . Thank you for the kind offer , but at the moment I'll say no but thanks .

I do not own an actual Parker , Fox or Smith "target" gun . But I sometimes refer to some of what I have as my skeet and or trap gun . Only American target gun I have at the moment is a decent old Ithaca SBT .

[Dave Noreen]

The Parker Story shows quite a few 32-inch 28-gauge guns --

VH-/VHE-Grade 15
PH-/PHE-Grade 1 Twist
GH-/GHE-Grade 3 Damascus, 1 Steel
DH-/DHE-Grade 14 Titanic
CH-/CHE-Grade 2 Bernard, 1 Acme
BH-/BHE-Grade 4 Acme
AH-/AHE-Grade 5 Acme
AAH-/AAHE-Grade 1
A 1 Special-Grade 3

The one 32-inch DHE-Grade 28-gauge I'd like to see would be 156717 that the West Coast Guru of the small-bores, Edwin Hedderly, Editor of Western Field magazine got along with a similar 20-gauge for a years worth of 1/2 page ads in his magazine!! Both guns were ordered with no safety, a Silvers pad, 15 1/2 inch length-of-pull, Lyman sights, and "Wildfowl" & "Mfg. Exp. for E.L. Hedderly" engrave on the barrels.

With both Arthur DuBray and Edwin Hedderly talking up long barrel small-bores, Parker Bros. sold quite a few. They are a lot more common than 32-inch barrel 20-gauge Ansley H. Fox guns. I remember about a decade ago there were six 32-inch 20-gauge Parker Bros. doubles, a Crown Grade L.C. Smith and a No. 5E NID at the winter Las Vegas show, but not a single 32-inch 20-gauge Fox.

[Dave Suponski]

A 32" CHE Bernard 28 gauge.....oh my.

[John Truitt]

Austin Hogan shared a story with me about a 34" DH 28 gauge he saw many years ago for sale at Chadicks.

I bid several years ago on a 34" DHE 20 gauge but sadly did not get the gun.

[CraigThompson]

Austin Hogan shared a story with me about a 34" DH 28 gauge he saw many years ago for sale at Chadicks.

I bid several years ago on a 34" DHE 20 gauge but sadly did not get the gun.

There's a DHE 20 gauge in my county that's got 32 or 34 inch barrels . I had it in my hands about 20 years ago and wasn't interested at the time :banghead:

One of the guys my dad worked with in Warrenton about 30 years ago had a very nice 20 gauge I forget the grade that had 32 or 34 inch pipes , he ended up selling it to Chadick . This guy at the time had a very nice accumulation of Parkers as a matter of fact I bought the first two 16 Parker's I ever owned from him . One was a Trogan and the other was a VH 30" English stock .