Interesting Britisher's take on an old "War Horse" Parker

[Dean Romig]

https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=636599&page=1





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[CraigThompson]

I used to frequent a UK stalkers forum and when I became enamored with the 8 gauge I posted some questions . After I got the first Parker 8 I posted some pictures as well as those of the other three Parker 8’s that I’ve owned over the last few years . As time went on I posted pics of other Parker guns and typically those limey pricks made rude comments .

[Dean Romig]

It’s no worse than the old Ford vs. Chevy insults of years past. Mine’s better-bigger-stronger-more expensive-etc. than yours… mostly in good fun.

Actually the host speaks very admiringly of the old well-used Parker he bought for a couple of hundred pounds.




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[Alfred Houde]

Well, we truly are two countries separated by a common language.

The same goes with shooting and hunting. Tastes are different, attire is different, method, style, etc.

The British have no issue with refreshing, reblacking, or refinishing a shotgun. While many Americans have meltdowns over it.

You could go on and on...

[edgarspencer]

Johny's video are entertaining, and he has a way of saying things off the cuff that I find humorous.
I spent a LOT of time in England and Scotland during my 20 year working relationship with British foundries, and the one thing I always got annoyed over, was the ever-present "NIH" (Not Invented Here) attitude. A great deal of my work in the developement of the 'Replicast' process was incorporated into the formal process, but they always found a way to tweak it into taking the credit for it.

[Chris Pope]

History would suggest that those who served in the Mighty Eighth Air Force during WWII would agree with Edgar.

[Mills Morrison]

The British arrogance got old with me a long time ago

[edgarspencer]

History would suggest that those who served in the Mighty Eighth Air Force during WWII would agree with Edgar.

I don't know who said it first, but, Had it not been for our coming to their aid, they might likely be speaking German today.

[CraigThompson]

I don't know who said it first, but, Had it not been for our coming to their aid, they might likely be speaking German today.

Oh don’t think I didn’t point that out to them on the stalking forum more than once .

[CraigThompson]

My pop was stationed outside of London back in the 50’s while in the USAF . He said you’d go in a pub/tavern and they didn’t have much to say , but if you bought a round they were all your friends that night . He said they were having a recession while he was there and a bottle of beer was about a nickle and those guys would nurse one bottle all night . And they were in heaven if a Yank gave them a second and or third bottle . Of course he said when you bought a round it was usually six or less customers .

[Joe Graziano]

Let’s not get too carried away. It’s a humorous poke at our unique devotion to old American boxlocks. We can take a joke from our British cousins. The TGS videos are fantastic and I’ve learned a lot through them, particularly about British guns and game shooting. The Brits made and continue to make incredible shotguns. Ours were crude by comparison. And that’s OK. We love our Parker, Fox, LC Smith, Winchester, Remington and so many other great American shotguns. They speak to us as Americans, machine tool marks and all. And do you know that top two selling shotguns in the UK? Browning and Beretta. John Browning’s design is wildly popular with Brits, far more than anything they produce. Hell, very few people can afford a new British gun. They make a small number of the highest quality guns each year for the wealthy. The industry they created has been taken over by others. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for developing the modern shotgun, and shotgun sports in general. They have refined and perfected both to an amazing level. We’re big enough to take a little jab. Their guns are the guns of kings and nobility. Ours put food on the table, feeding millions. Both are something to be very proud of.

[John Davis]

The funny thing is the only SBT I ever owned that I could never go 25 straight with was the only English SBT I ever owned. A Purdey. Beautiful gun and extremely well made, but I could never get tuned into her.

[mark johnson]

Not that I could go 25 straight anyway, I can’t shoot it either. Mark