John, how sweet it is!!!!

I only added one but it was a good one! GH 6 frame 8ga w/36 inch full/full barrels. All original and quite nice condition. Retains some good case colors and the barrels have nice damascus finish left. 1911 production.
Thanks to a good friend and moderator on the forums!

I held that gun last June (well, Eric Eis helped me hold it) and it really is something to behold. Congratulations David.

That is one nice 8 gauge! I believe I have done business with the former owner and he has some good guns!

what a great buy you got there...it sure is a nice gun probly never shot much it being in such good condition....now you have to go to loading 8 ga shells....charlie

Charlie, I've already started but have some questions. I was about to start a thread in the reloading forum anyway so I'll do that now so I won't dirty up this thread.

New Parkers and other goodies too
 

As far as Parkers go I picked up a 1 frame G grade 32" 12 gauge top lever hammer gun:

I was also lucky enough to stumble into a 10 gauge D grade lifter that I have been finding out about here on the forum:

Then I picked up a clean 2 frame 12 gauge 30" Trojan:

But, during a South Dakota pheasant hunt I let one of my friends shoot a 12 gauge 30" 2 frame DHE and that was a mistake. He insisted on taking it home. Hell I didn't even want to sell it.....:banghead:

Then I found a little 20 gauge Lefever A grade Model 6 skeet gun with 26" barrels to go along with the one I have with 28" barrels;

A Browning BSS with 30" SST for the pheasant fields in the Dakotas:

Somehow I was lucky enough to run across a EE Lefever with beautiful 30" Damascus barrels

And lastly for SxS's I found a 32" LC Smith Rochester Ordnance gun that just happened to be one of the 8 Wildfowl guns they sent over for the guys to learn how to shoot planes in WW2.

Nothing fancy, but some real fun stuff.

ok a
VHE 12 ga. 28 in. F/F
VH 12 ga. 28 in str. grip . IMP CYL both barrels
PH 32 in. 10 ga. steel barrels F/F (.045)
Ithaca NID 12 ga. grade. 1 1/2 ,32 in. F/F
Ithaca NID 10 ga. 32 in F/F (.045)
I think that;s it:rolleyes:
see you on the 1st :)

Thanks everyone for participating in this post. It good to see all the activity in the Parker world

Great little gun John. I can see my neighbors house from my den, and he has a PH 20 with steel barrels that he has had since he was a kid, and he is over 80 now. Cant get him to sell it to me, but I casually bring it up every time I see him. Maybe one of these days.

Well lets see I sold a Krieghoff first year production K-32 as well as a very nice AH Fox A grade 16 gauge .

I bought a CZ550 FS 6.5x55 , a Mannlicher Schoenauer MCA Carbine in 270 WIN , a WW Greener F grade 10 gauge , Stag Arms AR-15 in 6.8 SPC , Bushmaster AR-15 in 450 Bushmaster , DPMS AR-10 in 308 , Alexander Arms AR-15 upper in 6.5 Grendel with a Rock River lower , built a AR-10 260 REM upper .Also bought a relatively inexpensive Howa 1500 Mini in 6.5 Grendel .

Seems the only Parker thing I bought this past year was a set of PH #3 frame 12 gauge 32" twist barrels with matching serial number forend .

Not much(number wise) on my want list a VH or GH 28 and an EH or NH 10 with factory UNCUT barrels 28" or less .

Well if were going to expand this to non Parker acquisitions then here goes.

Fox CE 32 inch 12 straight grip, Francotte 20E 20ga 26 inch IC/M and an already proven grouse gun.
Rifles- a custom 25-06 and a 275 Rigby both built on 1909 Argentine Mauser actions.
Pre64 M70's- 257 Roberts (2), 300 Savage, 7MM STD & carbine, 35 Remington, 300 H&H and a 220 swift both super grades, 220 swift and a 243 both varmint rifles, a couple of 270's, 250 Savage.

other rifles Cooper varmint in 220 swift and a Heym double rifle in 500 BPE.

I know I'm missing something but I just can't place it. I'm glad my wife doesn't look at this:rotf:

A few years back I had the pair of Pre 64 Model 70 Varmints . I killed a veritable pile of groundhogs with those two rifles . The 243 I had was a 1956 and the Swift a 1960 . Both had stainless barrels I might add .

Both of the Winchester varmint rifles are tack drives and give the Cooper's a run for their money. Both are from the mid 50's as well.

I did forget to mention the Ruger #1 450-400 3" NE.
Somewhere along the line there is a W.R. Papa 28ga hammer gun but I don't recall if it was last year or the year before. I do know I bought it at the Great Northern shoot in WI. Damn I'm hopeless :rotf:

I've been busy catching up on the days of my youth. Half my lifetime ago life got in my way. Duty called and I hung up my competitive rifle and pistol shooting when I became an officer in the Marines. At the time I was Distinguished with the Service Rifle and had earned 22 of the required 30 points to become a Distinguished Pistol Shot. Heck I was a rifle shooter and shot pistol to prove that anyone could do it. There was of course a rivalry between the USMC Rifle and Pistol Teams. The year was 1988.

In the spring 2015 a Les Baer National Match followed me home and I shot and shot and shot into 150 yards of topsoil serving as a berm in my back field. At the 2015 National Matches at Camp Perry I was close to placing but no cigar for me. It wasn't the Baer's fault but it was to become my backup gun.

On Perry's famous Commercial Row I ordered an Accuracy X Pro Plus 1911. It was July 2015. These target pistols are guaranteed 2" of smaller group guns at 50 yards. The 10 ring for the National Match Course is 3 & 1/4" with slow fire shot at 50 yards after timed and rapid fire strings at the 25 yard line. Steve Huff of Accuracy X hand fits the CNC match grade parts for these guns. Also, Steve can flat out shoot rifle and pistol being the only 6-Discipline Distinguished shooter ever. Steve knows target guns like many of you know Parkers.

My Accuracy X arrived late May 2016, about six weeks before the Nationals. By Perry I had logged in over 1800 rounds through this gun and my scores reflected it. For the National Trophy Individual I didn't win the match but I placed Third Gold with 277-3X (out of 300), just below a USMC Pistol Team and a Army Marksmanship Unit shooters also striving to "go out" (Distinguished). I was in good company.

So to start in my non-Parkers, 150 yards of topsoil bought during 2015 and 16, a top of the line match 1911, and did I mention I needed special prescription shooting glasses so that I could focus on the front sight? Bullseye shooting was so much easier half my lifetime ago...

I will shoot the National Pistol Matches at Camp Perry in 2017. But at the 2016 Nationals, watching my fellow Marines, albeit so a few decades younger than me, shoot their match Service Rifles, my heart longed to one again return to the mastery of the art of long range shooting. Did I mention that Steve Huff of Accuracy X builds target and sporting rifles for Delta Force types?

While I really don't want to shoot "across the course" I had another thought. Oh, the course is the National Match Course for Service Rifle being 20 shots offhand at 200 yards, one string of standing to sitting rapid fire at 200, another string of standing to prone at 300, and 20 shots slow fire prone at 600 yards. That makes for a long day on my beat up body when one adds pulling butts. That's keeping score for other relays by being behind the 600 yard berm and pulling the 8' x 8' steel target frame down, scoring, and then pulling it up for the next shot. Fun 30 years ago but maybe not now.

My idea was to build a dual purpose long range gun. That's something competitive enough to make a good showing in 1000 yard matches that would also be light enough for antelope and other long range hunting. Leave it to Mr. Huff to pull it together!

Below is my new, paid for and in the mail, Accuracy X "X Series" 6.5 x 284 Norma with a 28" medium Palma contour barrel, Timney trigger, full aluminum bedded (sinfully ugly) stock, all build on the proprietary Accuracy X action.

For this tack driver I ordered for two scopes, Night Force 15-55 Competition, and for hunting a Night Force 5-20 SHV. On order are two LaRue Tactical Quick Detachable Scope Mounts. These will come off and go one the rifle again and remain within an MOA. The mount shown in the photo is not a LaRue and is much too high.

Steve Hoff of Accuracy X just sent the test target below shot with factory ammo. Hopefully I will be able to squeeze the group done a little.

Everything else
 

Well Rich I was keeping it to SxS, but here's one that I really am proud of; a pre-war first year of production Midas grade Browning superposed.:)
It's still being corrected from a poor stock job.

I know, the barrels go the other way....

Larry, I think I saw your great Midas on another forum, but I may be mistaken. My prewar Midas Trap is # 4868. What is your serial number? What other details can you tell us. Maybe you could show us the back end and the forend. If there ever was a classic over under, this is it.

Larry,

Don't show us anything more until Bill posts pictures of his Midas!!

Certainly not a Parker but they do have Damascus barrels and mullerd boarders. This cased pair of JN Jones & Sons dueling pistols are another neat conversation piece for the gun room.

oh - my

gold washed pans, are those rollers in the frizzens?
and still together and cased

FANTASTIC

Rick,
Not sure what "rollers in the frizzens" means but it did come with extra flint and the tool to makes more balls should I ever decide to make so noise.:)

the toe of the frizzen either rides on the flat of that V spring or on a "roller" - a bearing which makes the action a little smoother

in this example the roller is on the spring - it can be in the toe of the frizzen as well

http://www.hallowellco.com/flintlock...lose-right.jpg

other wise a hard polished toe of the frizzen rides on the flat of the spring- also polished

I just added a Westley Richards center hammer Rook Rifle. It is a 297/250.

I would bet your WR looks a lot like my H&H in 360 no5.

I will post some photos when I receive it.

I now have to amend my first post. I just picked up a 1/2 frame VHE 12ga from a PGCA member.

Sounds like the incantation from The Wizard of Id to me..."Frammin' at the jim-jam, frippin' in the krotz."

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Bill this is the first time I have posted any pictures of the Midas, so I know it wasn't mine that you were looking at. The serial number is in the 900s.

Do you have any provenance information on your gun? I will share my provenance if you are interested. The last owner of my Midas was W.W. Wilson in Maryand, whose nephew or such, is a member of one of my gun clubs. He recognized the Browning letter information as well as the gun when I showed it to him. There is information on the original owner also. Tell me what you know about your guy.

Added late this summer. Not needed but enjoyed as useful art.

mighty nice art...charlie

Having just gotten into Parkers recently to add to my growing 'stable', I was fortunate to add three since mid-December: a VHE 20 with two sets of Vulcan barrels/forends (1907), a GH 16 with 28" Spec. Steel (1926) and a GH 12 with 30" Damascus (1907). Not a bad holiday season. Have hunted pheasant with the VHE in CT and took it to GA for quail. Very pleased so far. Have mentioned to my wife that shotguns need to run in herds!

2017 is starting off right. GH 12 gauge with 32 inch barrels

I love long barrels!!

I'm going to start off the new year by thinning the herd some:eek::shock:

I am stealing the "herds" line

Mills you new GH should make an excellent duck gun as well as a sporting clays gun. How is it choked? Perhaps we will see it in action during the challenge at the Southern.

Yes, I am looking forward to using it for both ducks and clays. I am not sure how it is choked, but am guessing full and full. It is a good looking gun