Pictures taken in the sun light. Not the best.

Two great guns ! The kind that make you want to find a bird to shoot.

boy that gun is new where can one find those new parkers...great gun phil...that gun store you showed me musta forgot they had a new gun way in the back...charlie

Very nice. Is the safety automatic or manual?

Yes you are right on the money Charlie.
It has a manual safety. With a single selective trigger.

Just weighed this Parker 7 lbs. 7 Oz

For those of you who have been playing with Parker Skeet Guns for a while, how are the Skeet-In and Skeet-Out chokes bored?

Is the Skeet-In like the SKEET choke in Remington Sportsman and Model 31 Skeet Guns from 1934 to 1948? A taper reaching about .006" an inch and a quarter to inch and a half from the muzzle, then a flare to the muzzle? I've found the SKEET choke in Remington Sportsman and Model 31 Skeet Guns is just like the "Skeet Cylinder" in the right barrels of Savage's Fox Skeet & Upland Game Guns. Winchester's WS-I in the right barrel of Model 21 Skeet Guns is similar but longer.

I'm beginning to wonder if part of the reason for the demise of American side-by-side skeet guns may be how tight our makers choked the left barrel of their skeet guns. My Ithaca NID skeet guns are .016" in the 12-gauge and .014" in the 20-gauge. I recently reentered the Model 21 realm with a 1953 vintage Skeet Gun and the left WS-2 barrel sports .015" choke.

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Have two Mod. 21 skeet 12 gauges. Both are bored: right .007, left .014. Might have something to do with the ammo they used to pattern with.

My 16ga VHE skeet is choked .010 & .011 so it's about M/M. I have never checked the chokes on the 20 or 28 ga guns but it might be interesting.

Well I took measurements today. 2 3/4" chambers. .729 bores. Chokes Left .019 and right .014.

Dave, a Parker Skeet gun is choked the reverse of a field gun, the left barrel is the more open barrel (skeet in), the right barrel is the tighter barrel (skeet out). They were done this way because the first shot in Skeet is a going away bird. My 12ga GHE Skeet which is all original as far as I know is bored .007 in the right barrel stamped "skeet out", and .004 in the left stamped "skeet in".

Pete what is the SN also does this have a single trigger.

Phil, I am interested in purchasing your skeet gun. I have a 20 and a .410 and am trying to complete my collection. I know it's hard, but I am trying my best.

Bill PM sent.

I found this we while looking at past postings on Skeet guns.
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/...138#Post401138

[Dave You asked so here is the dope on my Skeet Gun Ser.# 237692 Barrels 26 In. RT. Barrel .014 choke .Left Barrel .009 choke. with over an inch of parallel after the chokes. The chokes are 1 1/4 inches long. they shoot card wads just so so, however they really come alive with modern one piece plastic wads. I do hunt birds with this gun as it patterns the way i Want for a bird gun. I shoot mostly hand loads, and it is effective to the limits of pellet energy. The trigger is faultless with light or heavy loads. Both barrels shoot to the point of aim. LOP 14 In. DAH 2 1/4 in. At the time of purchase, The stock was broken and in three Pieces, along with having two inches cut off the butt. The floor plate was also bent and damaged. I did the repairs in house and the gun has held up just fine. Pat shot Skeet Spring leagues at his local gun club with the gun one year. but I use the gun only for hunting.I also did fit a set of 32In. f&f VR rib barrels to the gun. so you can see it is a very versatile hunting gun.gun.URL=http://s911.photobucket.com/user/dlien40/media/DSCN0668_zpsveut9f3u.jpg.html]http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/a...psveut9f3u.jpg[/URL]

Here is another photo
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Another photo
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Another photo Repaired floor plate. the floor plate took a little time.
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Another Photo Showing 32 inch VR Barrels
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Another Photo This is a working gun, and you can see we are going out into a snow fall.
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I have said this before on this forum and here is another reminder. The grip listed in the Serialization book for the last guns made by Remington are all p/g. This is incorrect and should not be considered when looking at a late or Remington gun. The IBM cards do not have the grip listed. The grip is listed in the stock book but we do not have stock books that run to the very end. The default when building the database was p/g. That explains why the last guns were all listed the same.

Thanks for the reminder Mark.





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Dave- how did you fit the VR barrels to a non-Vent rib receiver?
Can we see a close up where the dolls head is? Thanks

George
Sorry for being late with response. I took photos this Am left film with nice lady that develops them for me, then went rabbit hunting. We have a good supply of jack rabbits again.
The barrels came off from a DHE Parker that was from your neighborhood. They fit the gun without a lot of work. I took the barrels to the Vegas Gun Show twice and asked the east coast guys who they thought was responsibly for them. many said that they thought DelGrego, and or Frank Lefever, some said maybe a joint effort. Time line was late 50s early 60s???. Their story… MAYBE OUR MAN BILL MURPH WILL GIVE US HIS OPINION... . We could most likely bet a beer on what he says..I think that I have three or four good photos here.
The rib on these barrels tapers from .525 little over 1/2 In. to .280 just over 1/4 In. It is a REAL DELIGHT to look down them at a late season Pheasant with both barrels loaded with a good stiff load of hard lead #3s. The barrels shoot 60X40 and to the point of aim. The .030 chokes likes big shot and pattern well.


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Side view
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Top view
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Different forend hook ups even different locations on barrel..
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nice gun i too like those long barrels....charlie

Well done. The barrels fit well even though its a non-VR gun to a VR barrel.

David, did you work the curve in the extension rib from a flat surface? If those barrels came to you with the curve, they were retrofitted to a standard solid rib frame at the factory. That is why the fit is so nice. What is the serial number of your vent rib 32" barrels?

I just checked the chokes on mine, 12 gauge was .020 /.019 the 16 gauge was .010 /.008
That is RH /LH and much tighter than I thought they would be.

Bill Murph.
Bill do you think this rib was installed at the parker factory, "Maybe late" ???
As you can see their are no date codes on the barrel???
I did no work on the top of the dolls head…
Brownells chamber gauge in the barrel indicates 2 7/8" chamber
I shoot only 2 3/4" shells in the gun.

SERIAL NUMBER 32 inch vent rib barrels

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