And the other question ,Do WE know who the new owner is yet ? Is he a PGCA Member ?

I am certain the new owner knew exactly what he was buying. I suspect he gets up every day looking for these unique type of parkers.

The only reason I can think of for building a long barreled 20ga on a #2 frame WITH a recoil pad was a very recoil sensitive duck hunter.

Parkers version of a SuperFox 20 Gauge??

I am a fox guy but can't understand a 8lb 20ga duck gun---a super fox or super parker 20 why? A 12 or 10 can be made the same weight and are so much more effective on game. A 2 7/8" 10 is the best choice for ducks in my experience. The big 20 must have been a fad that attracted quite a few fans in the 20's. Just something different to chat about in the blind or while sipping a touch of brown with the boys in front of a fire after a good shoot

It would be just the thing for the Sub Gauge event at the Southern.

Bill

Something even more useless, like a 32" GHE 28 gauge on a #2 frame would have sold for probably $35,000. The 20, in contrast, is a bit of a bargain. Utility seldom flames the fires of Parker collecting. Rarity does the job.

That is how I consider my 32-inch, 2-frame, 20-gauge --

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The big Orren R. Dickey 20, #153,467, arrived yesterday. The loss of blue near the breech is the worst part of the wonderful barrels. The screws, the stock finish, and the floorplate mortise are perfect and original. The original inletting for the dogs head buttplate is intact and the length of pull over the leather faced Silver pad is 14 1/2". This gun may have hunted ducks, but never from a boat. The bores are .615, chokes are a full .028 and .028 and the chambers seem to be near 3", although I haven't measured them carefully with a machinist's scale. I test fired the gun yesterday on a round of skeet and everything works as it should. Considering where the gun came from, it may have been one of Nash Buckingham's buddies who ordered such an oddball gun. As I stated before, my old #153,333, VH 20, 32", #2 frame, ordered by the same dealer the same month as my new gun, was chambered for 3" shells, for one ounce loads. I would like to locate this gun with the possibility of buying it back. I hope everyone enjoyed the thread.

Nice pick-up Bill. Perhaps a light workout at the Bo-Whoop station this weekend?? No doubt an associate of Nash. Just look at those alligator side-panels on that Silver!