Parker Invincible O/U

[Brian Hornacek]

Insomnia at 4:00 am yields unusual things. I had not heard of this venture but thought of interest to our Parker family. I assume it has been discussed in the past.

I am not familiar with the action, unusual pins sticking out if the ejectors, seems like a poor design if that was part of the lock up. Most of these one off O/U projects 20 years ago were manufactured in Italy or Spain for the American market. Forearm iron was trying to be special.

A link to the auction and a link to a trapshooters forum discussing the guns. Sounds like they had been at the Dayton Grand American late in the 90’s and early 2000’s. In the thread it appears that a B grade was on Gunbroker back in 2019 as well.

Happy Friday friends!

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1010222855

https://www.trapshooters.com/threads/parker-brothers-makers-new-over-under-not.623513/

[Jerry VanHorn]

I have one of the finished actions and some other parts . The action was sent to the engraver....someone i n Ohio as I recall...but the engraver never had a deposit..so no engraving was done. . I bought all the parts he had for 1 gun. I THINK he said he did 5 or 6 engraved actions...

[Dean Romig]

Yes Brian - one of the ill-conceived and ill-fated "Parker Brothers" Over-Unders.

I have an original sales brochure in glossy color.





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[Andrew Sacco]

God is that ugly

[Bill Murphy]

Kevin McCormack and I inspected these guns at a Vintagers shoot years ago. Kevin testfired, but I was recovering from spinal surgery and passed on the testfire. The gun had way too many exposed, dirt catching parts in the breech area making it a nightmare of a competition gun. I was not impressed. The manufacture seemed to have been done by mailed in instructions by a dozen or more participants. I was a registered participant in three or four different shooting disciplines at the time, offered to take their guns on the road, but never heard from them again.

[Brian Dudley]

Good intentions. Horrible execution.

[GunnerGrilli]

Thank you Brian for sharing this. I had never heard of it. In reading the information provided on the Trap Shooters forum link, and looking at the gun, I am perplexed as to why they would not model the action and lines from a Parker SBT...................seems that would be easier, and a whole lot more pleasing to the eye compared to what they came up with. It is difficult to look at........................................


Just my opinion of course!!


Thanks,


Bobby

[Dean Romig]

Kevin McCormack and I inspected these guns at a Vintagers shoot years ago. Kevin testfired, but I was recovering from spinal surgery and passed on the testfire. The gun had way too many exposed, dirt catching parts in the breech area making it a nightmare of a competition gun. I was not impressed. The manufacture seemed to have been done by mailed in instructions by a dozen or more participants. I was a registered participant in three or four different shooting disciplines at the time, offered to take their guns on the road, but never heard from them again.


As I recall they had two of them in their booth, possibly three. I handled them and examined them and was unimpressed.
It was nothing more than their attempt to capitalize on something far superior to their short sighted attempts.





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[hugh rather]

Was there an attempt by the origional Parker Brothers firm to create an over and under?I have some memory of reading of this.

[Dean Romig]

According to TPS they investigated the possibility but nothing ever became of it.





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[hugh rather]

Thanks ,that is where I saw it.