Somebody Just Bought a Nice One

[Dean Romig]

A neat Parker "skeet configured" gun just hammered on Gunbroker.
It looks to have had some restorative work done on it but it has several original redeeming qualities. It would be interesting if Mr. Dogon would tell us what the chokes are when he receives the gun.





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[Bill Murphy]

I tried to search "parker skeet" on the completed gunbroker sales and didn't find a gun with a bid. We would like to look at the gun.

[Dean Romig]

Bill, it wasn't advertised as a skeet configured gun but (erroneously) simply as a 12 ga. DHE when in fact it was a VHE but it had a SST, SG, BTFE, twin ivories, 26" barrels, checkered butt, 1 1-2 frame with a 238xxx serial and is in the book with option code 14.

I was high bidder for a few days then Iron Man Guns outbid me and then in the last half hour it was a "pig pile".






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[Russ Jackson]

Bill ,here it is ,I had it on my watch list ,I couldn't figure the final price without the Skeet Stamping's maybe I missed something , nice gun though !http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=522579286

[Dave Suponski]

Full comb too. But I dont think the beaver tail is factory

[Eric Eis]

For the money nice gun, beavertail doesn't look right maybe when the stock was refinished they got a little heavy sanding it.

[Dean Romig]

Yes, the forend looks like it was reshaped a bit... or maybe its just the angle of the photo and some distortion.




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[Paul Ehlers]

Personally I like the shape of the forearm better than the traditional bulky beavertails. The main thing is this is an original beavertail gun with the correct forearm iron with the reinforced lug & screw and it matches the book that way. It may be reshaped, but I kind of like the looks of it.

As stated above: It's an optioned up gun with a beavertail, straight grip, single trigger, twin beads & a checkered butt. I will be interested to measure the chokes as well

Add it all together & I guess that's why I decided to be the top pig on the pile !!!

[Dean Romig]

Congratulations Paul. We can't wait to learn more about this neat Parker.






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[Paul Ehlers]

Will report after I inspect the gun.

[David Holes]

I have a 16 like this one , without skeet markings, but it is choked skeet in and out, I would think this one would be also

[Mills Morrison]

Good job!

[Mills Morrison]

There have been several Parker skeet guns around recently. That would make a great Parker Pages article by someone who has access to the right material

[Paul Ehlers]

The gun arrived the day before Thanksgiving. I've now had a chance to inspect it & here's my take on it.

The gun weighs in at 7lb 4oz on the nose. I pulled the trigger guard & the wood is correctly stamped for the serial number & looks to be original to the gun. "pretty cool to have an original straight grip with a checkered butt" Somewhere along the line the wood has had a poor re-finish & will need to be redone to spruce the gun up. IMO the beavertail forearm wood has been re-shaped for some reason, but was well done. The ejectors work properly and are timed well.

The barrels are the big surprise. We all thought this would possibly be a skeet choked gun. Boy did I have my eye's opened when I stuck the old skeet's gauge down the muzzles. Both barrels have .733" bores with three inch tapered .028" constrictions. The bores are beautiful and free of defects. They were also nicely re-blued somewhere along the way. They ring like a bell with the thinnest wall thickness I could find for either barrel at .032"

Over all I'm pleased with it !! It just needs some TLC to bring it back to it's full glory.

[Dean Romig]

Well congratulations on a gun that sure looked promising!





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