First Parker 28 ga.

[Jay Oliver]

You many have seen this gun floating around the internet lately or at least on GunBroker as a fake listing. I went and saw it yesterday in person with Edgar from the actual seller. It is a “0” frame 28 gauge VH with 26” barrels choked full/full. This was a nice way for me to get into a Parker 28 Gauge.

Made in 1903 this gun was restored by DelGrego at some point. The butt stock was replaced during the restoration. I will tone down those case colors soon.

The LOP is short at 13 ½”, which may have been a deal breaker on any other gun. However, I really wanted a 28 gauge and a slip on pad with a felt spacer inside brings the LOP out to 14 ¼ which is perfect for me with a pistol grip stock. This works for now, though I want to come up with a better more permanent solution.

I shot it around 100 times today and was enjoying every second. I didn't miss much even with tight chokes…it is a fun gun.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Congrats on nice pickup!

[Dave Noreen]

Somewhere I heard the story that the Brothers P had a goodly number of 0-frame 20-gauge guns languishing in inventory and came up with this brainstorm to fit them with 28-gauge barrels and start a new marketing push to sell customers a gun in a gauge they didn't have. Any validity to this? Olde wives tale?

[Mills Morrison]

Very nice! Parker 28’s are wonderful things

[Dean Romig]

Congrats Jay!





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[Brian Dudley]

You paid too much Jay. You could have gotten the same gun elsewhere for a lot less money. Lol.

[Jay Oliver]

Yes, that would have been nice if I could have gotten it at the GunBroker price!

[Chuck Bishop]

Welcome to the 28ga club Jay.

[Jay Oliver]

Thanks Chuck! I am glad you let me try yours a few weeks ago! That's when I knew I had to have one...

[CraigThompson]

Very nice and congrats !

I got my first and most likely only Parker 28 gauge two or three years ago from a Poulin auction . Mine's also an 0 frame 26 inch F&F VH . Thats THE only gun I've used for quail over the last couple seasons .

I'd love to acquire another on a 00 frame but if I don't im not going to loose any sleep over it :cool:

[Rick Roemer]

Congratulations on the purchase. There’s magic in a Parker 28. Have fun!

[Daryl Corona]

Enjoy your 28 Jay. I bet you will shoot it as well as anything you own and with a smile every time you break a target or bag a bird.

I know I do.

[keavin nelson]

Nice 28 Jay, still on my wish list. So what did the real owner think about the fake listings?

[Jeff Peck]

Jay,

Congrats !

It was a beautiful gun, Seth was nice enough to let me see it a little while back. Good guy to deal with.

Enjoy !

[Jay Oliver]

The seller who had the gun on consignment, said he reported the fake GunBroker listings to the FBI. I don't know if anything came of it.

I am glad I got this one and it let's me shoot one more category at the Southern next week :)

[John Bastiani]

Very nice! Parker 28’s are wonderful things
Your right about that and hopefully I can find a good one(mint skeet if possible) at the upcoming Southern or find somebody who will part with one.

[Mills Morrison]

Look forward to seeing you at the Southern, Jay!

[Rich Anderson]

Congrats on a joining the small bore club. I have both an O frame and OO frame 28's and there a pleasure to hunt with. You'll enjoy every shot with it I'm sure.

[Russell E. Cleary]

I am getting a lot of vicarious enjoyment watching as Jay expands his collection of vintage guns of especial interest, and sharing the specifics, photos, and their developing stories.

And I like the ambitious implications of his using the word “first” in the thread’s title.

[Joseph Sheerin]

Nice one, even if it is still for sale on GB. :-)

Everyone wants a $4350 Parker 28ga, right?

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/897132943

[Brian Dudley]

That is funny. The seller has a feedback rating now 3 transactions with an average of a D.

2 Fs and 1 A+. The A+ is clearly for a bogus listing too. And that user has only 1 feedback rating, for another listing that also looks bogus.

It looks like these guys may be working together to try and create the illusion of legitimate positive transactions.

Entertaining that one of the F feedbacks has a reply calling the buyer unreliable that is why the seller "chooses" to now do business with them.

[Bill Murphy]

The Kusmit 21 for five grand is still on there. What is wrong with gunbroker? Is there any recourse? Who is this guy? Send me a couple of grand and I will drive there to investigate. I'm not going to the Southern, so I have lots of time.

[Mills Morrison]

Make it a death penalty offense to do this stuff. Make the method “public and festive” in honor of Frederick Nietsche or however his name is spelled

[Russell E. Cleary]

Mills:

Friedrich Nietzsche?

Does he look like a forerunner of someone else we know?

[Mills Morrison]

Dang! I wonder if Parker Pages is going to gradually transition to political commentary about the coming apocalypse?

[John Davis]

I shot it around 100 times today and was enjoying every second. I didn't miss much even with tight chokes…it is a fun gun.

You didn't miss much because of the tight chokes. Great gun. Glad you're having fun with it.

[Jay Oliver]

John you're right...I shot another 100 today and it was a repeat performance. The gun shoots well. For comparison I have a 28 Citori that I like to shoot with skeet/ic chokes. I was breaking more targets on the sporting clays course with this Parker choked full/full :)

[Rich Anderson]

I have come to enjoy tight chokes on the clays course. You know when your on. Somewhat less room for error than with more open chokes maybe but in the long run I think the tighter chokes make you a better shot.

[Daryl Corona]

IMO, the 20 and 28 gauges need tighter chokes to perform on the par of the 12. Your success with the 28 is not surprising as witness the averages on the skeet field in the NSSA. It's without a doubt my favorite gauge to shoot, followed by the 20.

Screw some tighter chokes in that Citori and watch what happens.:eek:

If we ever meet at a shoot maybe we can put together a 28 squad and have some real fun.

[todd allen]

I've found that tight chokes tend to slow me down, which helps with a more accurate shot placement.
I believe that tight chokes makes a person a better shot. Of course my background is pigeons, so there's that.