Recent acquisitions

[Mills Morrison]

I saw somewhere that more guns were sold in March 2018 than any other month on record. I acquired two: a 10 gauge EH in great condition and an early GH 12 gauge in rougher condition, but on a 2 frame with 32 inch barrels.

The EH is really in great shape for its age and has unique engraving. 32 inch barrels on a 3 frame. Massive gun.

The GH is actually in better shape than it appears in the photos. Stock fit to the frame is not great, but it is tight. Fore end is loose and needs attention. Bores have been honed, but still should be fine with RST's.

Who else participated in the rally and what found its way to your safe?

[Jerry Harlow]

Mills,

Love the EH with the fishtail. Does the GH have a donor stock maybe from a dying GH? That would explain the fit.

[Mills Morrison]

Thanks Jerry. A donor stock might be the answer. It looks worse than it is, thankfully.

[Reggie Bishop]

Nothing for me in March, Mills, but I did sell an Ithaca 20 and a DHE 12 in March. Which helped me acquire a nice little Parker that I am picking up this weekend! Nice acquisitions Mills!

[Garry L Gordon]

I picked up a DH 16 with a straight/splinter stock and original 26 inch barrels in March. It should arrive tomorrow. I also purchased a nice grade 4 L C Smith with one of the most nicely figured pieces of walnut I've ever seen (and with what appears to be a factory skeleton steel buttplate). I actually purchased the Smith this past weekend, so maybe that doesn't count(?) :rotf:

[Rick Riddell]

Nothing too special, a BSA Ejector made for the RAF and a little Remington 28ga express for the kid. No Parkers unfortunately!

[Rich Anderson]

Gary I've been looking for a 16 like that DH congrats. NO purchases for me BUT the Southern is right around the corner and that always yields a gun or two.

[Randy G Roberts]

I managed one acquisition in March. A 1918 DHE with 36" barrels. Matter of fact I hope to give it a work out on the trap field tonight, the maiden voyage.
I managed to get through the Tulsa show intact but Vegas was hard on the gun fund. And then there's Sanford waiting in the wings.:banghead:

[Mark Ray]

HMMMM I contributed!!!!
Ithaca Lewis Field grade 16
Fox Sterlingworth 12 with "Trap" 32" tubes
Parker Trojan 12 in really nice condition

[Garry L Gordon]

Gary I've been looking for a 16 like that DH congrats. NO purchases for me BUT the Southern is right around the corner and that always yields a gun or two.

Hey, Rich,

I'm headed to NC for the first time. I'll only be there for one day, but I'm going to check out the exhibitors guns. Hope to see you there...and that we both find a prize or two.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Hey Gary, bring that DH 16 to the Southern, I'll have my little DHE 16 with me, mine has 26" barrels also, choked cyl/mod. Maybe join us at Drakes Thursday.

[Mills Morrison]

Gary I've been looking for a 16 like that DH congrats. NO purchases for me BUT the Southern is right around the corner and that always yields a gun or two.

Around this time, most years, Rich says he is not buying anything at the Southern and is just going to look. If he has already given up now, it should be a good weekend for some dealers

[Dave Noreen]

Model 21 Skeet Gun. While at my local FFL picking it up, I looked at a nice honest 28-inch barrel VH-Grade 20-gauge he'd gotten in.

[Reggie Bishop]

Hey, Rich,

I'm headed to NC for the first time. I'll only be there for one day, but I'm going to check out the exhibitors guns. Hope to see you there...and that we both find a prize or two.

I will be there Saturday only myself. I expect all the good deals to be gone by Saturday! :rotf:

[Garry L Gordon]

I will be there Saturday only myself. I expect all the good deals to be gone by Saturday! :rotf:

Don't tell my wife this or she will insist we come Saturday instead of Friday. I wish I could have more time to take everything in, but it just won't work this year. I've owned and hunted with guns for over 55 years, and collected doubles for nearly 30, but I've never fired a gun at clays except an occasional round with a hand trap behind the house. It sure seems like this event and others like it are well respected (and much anticipated) by many members.

[Garry L Gordon]

Hey Gary, bring that DH 16 to the Southern, I'll have my little DHE 16 with me, mine has 26" barrels also, choked cyl/mod. Maybe join us at Drakes Thursday.

Harold, We'll only be in NC for the day on Friday, so I will miss anything on Thursday. I would someday like to catch up with you and reminisce (or commiserate!) about grouse hunting in Ohio "back in the day"-- and look over that 16 DHE.

[Chuck Bishop]

April must be a good time to buy Parker's. I'm up to 27 letters and the month is only 1/3 gone!

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Chuck, that's why we pay you the big bucks!!

[Craig Larter]

I have sold two Parkers and purchased two so I am even. I sold a nice 12ga PH and nice 12ga GH and purchased two 10's, a CH and a DH. In total I have sold 7 sxs's this year to finance the two higher grade Parkers, a NID Grade 3 Super 10 and a Fox XE 16ga.

[Scott Chapman]

Sold a 16 gauge Trojan to my brother and bought Winchester 101 20 gauge skeet gun for my son.

[John Campbell]

Mills;
Congratulations on your new Parkers. However, I'd have a competent Parker 'smith/stocker take a look at the stock head/fit on that GH 12. It's not right, and will eventually lead to a split stock head from recoil. I think I see a bit of kicked up wood already. A bit of glas bedding may be in order. There will be good 'smiths at the Southern. Or... send it to Bachelder's.

[Mills Morrison]

Thanks John and that is what I plan to do.

[Rich Anderson]

Gary come to Drakes Friday am and shoot a round.

[Rich Anderson]

Mills have no fear I've pre purchased a CHE 16 already and will stop and look at at a 20 on the way down. Sometimes you have to get them before they reach the Southern.:rotf:

[Mills Morrison]

Well, that is fine, but bring them with you when you come. We'd like to see them.

[Daryl Corona]

No Parkers yet but did I score a really sweet H grade Lefever in 20 ga. Maiden voyage on clays this Sat. at the Big Bishop Open.

[Chuck Bishop]

I like that name, sounds impressive! Without fear of offending the web guru and those who shoot with their barrels horizontal, last year I bought a "K-20" with 20 & 28 ga. 30" barrels. What a hoot! Not buying any more Parker's for a very very long time.

[Eric Eis]

Well, so far no new Parkers for me this year, but the month of March was very hard on the gun fund.....As you guys know I bought the H&H 28ga hammer gun and while I was on the phone I ended up bidding on a round action 12ga Boss...:rolleyes: So while I'm at the Southern I think I had better keep the wallet and checkbook deep, really deep in my pocket, but I'm traveling with Rich and you guys know he can get you into trouble real fast...! :rotf:

[Daryl Corona]

I like that name, sounds impressive! Without fear of offending the web guru and those who shoot with their barrels horizontal, last year I bought a "K-20" with 20 & 28 ga. 30" barrels. What a hoot! Not buying any more Parker's for a very very long time.

I'm not so sure that you should have come out of the closet so close to your namesake shoot oh Letter Guru. We might have to stage an intervention to get you back on track.:whistle:

[Mills Morrison]

Chuck has been too busy with letters to buy any new guns. At least, lately

[charlie cleveland]

no parkers for me this month i must be scrapeing the bottom of the barrel..i did buy a benjamin 22 caliber air rifle this month if this counts....charlie

[Chuck Bishop]

Mills, you should know:bowdown:

[Jay Oliver]

I did just buy a well worn grade 3 10 Gauge TA Hammer gun last week and I just submitted a letter request today so I am adding to Chuck's pile of work. Other than that, I picked up a nice early 20 gauge Trojan in March.

[Mills Morrison]

Mills, you should know:bowdown:

Yeah I have developed a backlog and am catching up

[Russ Jackson]

March was a very good month ,sold a few and bought Dave Tercik's 1/2 Frame DHE also Picked up David Penland's 16 Ga. GHE ,both are Beautiful guns and purchased right from our site ! OOps , I had to Edit this post ,I forgot to mention the 20 Gauge Specialty Grade Elsie ,I have been looking for a nice 20 Ga.Spec. Grade for years so I couldn't pass it up even though I some what exceeded my Gun Limit for the month !

[Chad Hefflinger]

I picked up a really nice 16 zero frame GH from a member here

[Kurt Sauers]

I picked up a really nice 16 zero frame GH from a member here


Thank you for buying that. Everytime i looked at it i came so close to buying it. Don't think you can find one nicer

[Jeff Kuss]

I'm just going to plead the 5th! Only Chuck knows how many.

[CraigThompson]

purchased two 10's, a CH and a DH.

You got the CH 10 3 1/2 that was in Julia's auction ?

[CraigThompson]

I saw somewhere that more guns were sold in March 2018 than any other month on record. I acquired two: a 10 gauge EH in great condition.

The EH is really in great shape for its age and has unique engraving. 32 inch barrels on a 3 frame. Massive gun.



As I told you earlier I talked with the guy you got the EH from earlier . The place Parker Brothers is engraved on the action intrigued me . He sent me pics of the water table and the underside of the barrels on the chamber end and the weight was 6 pounds 3 ounces if my memory serves . I went back later and checked the weights on my 3 frame EH and NH both are 32" and neither weighed 6 pounds . I'm tentatively planning to be at the shoot on Friday if you bring that EH I'd love to look it over .

[CraigThompson]

I bought a circa 1891 EH on a 2 frame with factory 28" barrels from an auction in MA or Conn can't remember which . Sent in an absentee bid and watched the auction on my PC while in a hotel in Manila . My gunsmith buddy took care of payment for me as I'd left funds for him in case I won the auction . I didn't see the gun for almost four weeks after I got it . Wasn't perfect by any means but I'm pleased with what I got !

Other then the Parker the only other thing I've gotten since mid February was a NIB Kimber 1911 Custom II 2 tone in 45 ACP bought it last Friday and had it in hand Monday .

Plan on trying the EH at skeet later today (it is past midnight as I type this) . By the letter the guns choked cylinder and CLOSE which I assume means cyl/IC . Plan on using that 19 grains Red Dot and 1 1/8 ounce shot load .

[Rick Losey]

i thought "close" meant a tight choke

[Dean Romig]

"Close" means Full Choke.

You'll do fine on the Skeet field with those chokes.




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[Mills Morrison]

As I told you earlier I talked with the guy you got the EH from earlier . The place Parker Brothers is engraved on the action intrigued me . He sent me pics of the water table and the underside of the barrels on the chamber end and the weight was 6 pounds 3 ounces if my memory serves . I went back later and checked the weights on my 3 frame EH and NH both are 32" and neither weighed 6 pounds . I'm tentatively planning to be at the shoot on Friday if you bring that EH I'd love to look it over .

The barrels on the 10 gauge are positively massive. Mwt 45 just behind the chokes. 50 at the choke

[CraigThompson]

"Close" means Full Choke.
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In this case I’m not sure I go along with that , I’ll measure tommorrow . However whatever it is it does well enough at Skeet I got 46 out of 50 with the puddin load (19 grains of Red Dot with 1 1/8 ounces of shot ). In the last couple weeks I shot a dozen or so of the 620 grain slugs I cast from the Russian 10 gauge version of the Lyman sabot load . Three from the right made a nice group at 25 yards and the same could be said for three from the left barrel . Their POI between the right and left was maybe 4 inches apart . The old gun also seemed relatively happy with my home cast 0000 Buck at 25 yards . So this coming season if a deer or two wish to commit suicide the old gun just might help them out .

[Rick Losey]

the letter says 'close' and relates to how it left the Parker plant

what it is now - depends on the various ownership since Brothers Parker said goodbye to it

[CraigThompson]

the letter says 'close' and relates to how it left the Parker plant

what it is now - depends on the various ownership since Brothers Parker said goodbye to it

I’m quite aware that a change could have occurred . My letter says for the right barrel that IS cylinder 110 #8 shot in a 24” circle at 45 yards and 190 from the left or “close” barrel also #8’s at 45 yards in a 24” circle . That difference does not say full to me more like IC or possibly M . Now if I could find a factory original EH with 26” barrels ��

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Daryl, a Lefever H grade 20--that would be a sweet little gun, is Damascus or fluid steel--Damascus I hope! What barrel length?
Just sold a very unique little Lefever Durstan Special 20, cause I never ever shot it.

[Daryl Corona]

They are fluid steel Harold, 28", Cyl/Full. I'll be shooting it this weekend for the first time on clays. It handled really well chasing pheasants this year, so it already has drawn first blood. I'm very impressed with it. She's coming to Ernie's in June.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Great chokes. I am on the fence right now with a nice Lefever G Damascus 12, 30",F/F.
My new little German hammer 16 has cyl/full chokes, going to shoot it this weekend at Hunting Hills

[todd allen]

Widely different chokes, such as cylinder, or skeet, in bbl one, and tight, as in mod or full in bbl two, paired with double triggers is as close to nirvana as you can get in a field gun, in my humble opinion, of course.
I have a 32" BHE 12 gauge with 6k first bbl, an 40k in the other. This gun is like arsenic on pheasants!

[CraigThompson]

Widely different chokes, such as cylinder, or skeet, in bbl one, and tight, as in mod or full in bbl two, paired with double triggers is as close to nirvana as you can get in a field gun, in my humble opinion, of course.
I have a 32" BHE 12 gauge with 6k first bbl, an 40k in the other. This gun is like arsenic on pheasants!

I’ve got a WW Greener boxlick with a tang safety can’t remmember the Grade . Anyway I bought it when I was 15 or 16 . The thing was choked Lite IC and x full , it’s now Lite IC and mod . I killed a veritable pickup load of Dove with that gun .

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

March was good to me also 3 new pistols and an old friend that will be delivered by FedEx today! I am anxiously waiting! Gary

[Dean Romig]

Gary, it will be good to see that one back "home".





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[Rich Anderson]

I'd like to acquire a 410 hammer gun with 30 inch barrels. Perhaps Sanford will give up such a prize.

[Mills Morrison]

Shot the GH at the gun club last night and it did just fine. Will take it turkey hunting this weekend

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Rich, I have a steel barreled 410 hammer gun made by Charles Hellis & Sons but its 28" Full&Full

[Rich Anderson]

Charles Hellis is a good maker. 30's will be tough to find but they are out there. Most of them I've seen are 26 and whippy. The full chokes wouldn't pose a problem. What are the dimensions? Perhaps a motivational picture:rotf::rotf:

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

I will get you a photo and specs by tomorrow, Gary

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Rich, The LOP is 14-1/2" DAH 2-3/4" gun weighs a little less than 5 lbs F&F, Here area few photos not very good but you can see. There are no cracks in the wood and checkering is crisp, Gary

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

A couple more

[Eric Eis]

March was good to me also 3 new pistols and an old friend that will be delivered by FedEx today! I am anxiously waiting! Gary

I am also waiting on FedEx from the same shipper....:) Hopefully I'll have it to shoot at the Southern. My have to sell the GH Damascus 121 ga with 32" barrels that I just picked up to pay for some of the contents in that box..:eek:

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Eric! The bad thing with Parker collecting is that you will do it again and again, Yea maybe sell something that you really liked to get something special, That is the way of the Parker world, just my two cents, guess I am hooked? Gary

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

You can double clock on those photos for enlargements, Gary

[Rich Anderson]

Gary check your PM's