A Baker’s Dozen of Twenty-Eights

[Dean Romig]

Edgar’s post “A Trio of Twenty-Eights” got me to thinking and remembering that I had never posted pictures that I took last October while hunting in “The County” in Maine with the “Old Pats Society” for 4 or 5 days hunting grouse and woodcock with our Parker 28's.
What fun we had and one of most memorable was “Show & Tell Night” when we all brought out our 28’s.

The CHE that had such minimal stock dimensions (supported in the research letter) required the grip cap be contoured to allow the ordered stock dimensions to be followed.



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[Dave Noreen]

Wow!! From those pictures you'd think straight grips were common on hammerless Parker Bros./Parker guns!!

[Dean Romig]

I guess more so on the smaller gauges like .410's and 28's than on larger bore Parkers.





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[Chris Pope]

Terrific photo. I could just sit there and admire the history that goes with each one. And by the looks I could find one in that batch that would fit me just fine!

[Reggie Bishop]

Nice! A beavertail on a 28 with a straight stock is my delight!

[James L. Martin]

Wow Dean you got me 28ga dreaming again.

[Dean Romig]

Nice! A beavertail on a 28 with a straight stock is my delight!


Mine too Reggie!





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[edgarspencer]

Nice! A beavertail on a 28 with a straight stock is my delight!

Beavertails on a 28 are like....

[Dean Romig]

The “Super Guppy” of Parkers Edgar? :rotf:


I actually prefer the feel of a beavertail on a .410 and 28 but I’ll give you that a splinter is more aesthetically appealing.


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[Stan Hoover]

Edgar,

May I ask where you acquired that photo, I actually observed this aircraft earlier this week and have a video of Super Guppy departing runway 18 at Oshkosh while we waited on the flight line to depart on Thursday morning?

I’m fairly confident in saying that your photo was taken at Oshkosh?

Stan

[Dean Romig]

When I was in the USAF in the late sixties and early seventies we had a Super Guppy built on a converted C-54. They were made for transporting missle and rocket fuselages.

If I'm not mistaken, unlike the one in Edgar's pic which sports four turbo-prop engines, it had four P&W 3350 recips.




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[James L. Martin]

Dean I was also in the USAF 1968 to 1972 and I remember seeing a super guppy at Edward's Air Force base in 71 or 72

[Dean Romig]

I was in from '66 - '72 and saw it at Hanscom Field in Bedford, MA





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