We can't just gloss over a CHE Parker with a set of rifled barrels. Can you tell us a little more about this?

nope we needs some pictures and more info on these rifled barrels please....sure would like to know how accurate at what distance these barrels would be.... charlie

If memory serves me correctly (thats a big IF) there was a PP artical on rifled barrels. It might have been Double Gun Journal also. I know I read about these somewhere.

Sure would be nice to reread whatever article about the rifled CHE. I don't remember whether the records on this gun were ever shared. How about that, James? Is there any documentation on the barrels? An early owner, maybe the original purchaser, was fellow Marylander Dr. Robert Snavely. When I was just a pup, Doc Snavely probably shot the rifled barrels occasionally. However, he was more a Parker collector than one who insisted on shooting his treasures at game. He ran in some pretty fast Parker company. His two closest hunting and shooting companions had a couple of Invincibles in the closet, before much of anyone else had even seen an Invincible. Doc Snavely is the only person I have met face to face whose name is actually posted in a Parker Brothers order book. I found our "home town boy" in an order book when copying the Parker Brothers records at Ilion in 1998.

Twice I have posted on this forum detailed photos of Doc Van's rifled 12ga barrel C with two sets of barrels, complete with rib markings and inscription to C A Winship of Palms, California. The last post was on 12/09/2009. The gun is a rondell engraved C.

There is no evidence that Doctor Snavely, or anyone from Maryland, has anything to do with Doc Van's rifled barrel C. Palms, CA is between Los Angeles and Santa Monica.




Bruce Day, Parker beginner.

bruce has the rifled barrels been fired at targets or game that you know of... i have no info onshotgun rifled barrels in a side by side and espically it being a parker.... charlie

My deer rifles(big deer mind you): Two 1887 vintage .45-90 Winchesters, an 1886 lever gun and an 1885 high wall single shot. I tried to 'fit in' better this year and bought a mint early 80's Win mod 70 xtr in .30-06 and mounted a 3-9x Leupold on it. When it refused to shoot in much better better than 10" at 100 yds after an expenditure of about $150 in bullets, powder, dies, etc, I got the High wall out... with some careful reloading and a 410gr bullet it printed in 1.3" at 100yds and 3.1" at 200 yds.... guess which gun went on the moose hunt and which may be a permanent wall hanger... Now I just need to calibrate the tang sight on the single shot out to at least 300yds. The old guns will get the job done. I put two shots into a caribous heart at 250 paced off yds with the '86 once; the holes were within 1.5" of each other.

yep take the 45 90 hunting and leave them new fangled guns home... charlie

Richard I would check the scope rings and bases to make sure they are tight. i had one ring loosen up on a Ruger 416 Taylor and didn't figure it for several rounds. Next check the guard screws in the trigger group and floorplate. If there is a screw in the forarm (I don't recall as its been a long time since I owned a post 64 70) check that as well. to tight is as much a problem as to loose. My longest shot at a Whitetail was with a post 64 M70 in 243. 447 paces across a winter wheat field to a 130 class 9 point. he resides with honor on the wall next to the gun room entrance. Those guns will shoot. I have had a scope go bad once or twice as well.