HaHA John , I thought Snabbing was just a Pennsylvania thing ,I agree !

Congrats Russ nice find or should I say snab:rotf:

A Ruger 250/3000 provides pleasurable results for me. My "big rifle" is a light-recoil circa 1950 Brno 7 X 57, both very accurate.

Two excellent calibers.

This is the last one of 2018. 12 gauge quality 2 lifter. 19,000 sn range

If ya count other than Parkers I also picked up a NID Super Ten Grade 3 and 12 gauge NID Grade 3. Both Circa 1926 first year for the NID I believe.

Not an ugly gun, Mills.

Opps I forgot my Eagle Longrange that came from a PGCA member. Mint original condition, straight stock, double triggers and extractors, checks all my boxes. I'm hoping 2019 will be just as kind to me from a gun collection angle.

New to me
 

A 16 ga. GH

Somehow this seems appropriate here ......::rotf::rotf::whistle:


After the honeymoon, Tom was welding some stuff in the garage for fun.

His new wife was standing there by the bench watching him.

After a long period of silence she finally said: "Honey, I've just been thinking; now that we are married, maybe you don't need to spend so much of your time out here in your garage and could consider selling some of your machinery and stuff … like your gun collection, fishing gear, boat, and lose all those stupid model airplanes. And sell that vintage hot rod sports car, and dump that home brewing kit"

Tom got a horrified look on his face and silently stared at her. She said, "Darling, what's wrong?"

He replied, "Nothing … but for a minute there, you were starting to sound like my ex-wife."

"Ex-wife!?" she screamed, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!"

Tom replied, “I wasn’t..."

You know I never really noticed it until I was sitting here last night playing with the 12 top lever I just acquired , but a 12 hammer gun actually looks elegant after horseing around 10 gauge for so long LOL's :whistle:

That is true. Along with the early 1 frame 12 gauge hammerless Parkers

Very true Craig..... Next, try a sixteen. :D





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16 gauge hammer guns are the things dreams are made of.

How does the song go? Get out of my dreams and into my life? Or something like that. Maybe I will finally land one in 2019

16 hammer gun ? They seem a bit to pricey although a grade 2 top lever might test me . Preferably on a 1 frame with 26” or 28” barrels .

They are pricey. That has stopped me so far.

First Parker we ever had was a 12 VHE on a 1 frame which we still have . But the 16 VH on the 1 frame I got a couple months ago seems a bit more dainty shall we say .

I don’t own a Parker hammergun gun in 16 (I have an underlifter 12) but I do have a Belgian gun. It was fairly inexpensive but sweeeet to shoot. I find myself usually turning to it with RST shells for upland birds.

What amount is too much to pay for a svelte sixteen bore Parker Bros hammer gun? They carry beautifully - shoot beautifully - instill a 'pride of ownership'- take up less space in the safe, thereby allowing more room for more Parker sixteens... Those things alone must be worth a certain premium... :whistle:





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16 hammergun
 

I bought a 16 gauge 26 inch hammer gun that had been sleeved to steel really cheap. The stock was a poor replacement. Since the barrels were sleeved, I decided to restock and dress the gun up as a modern shooter. I have spent many hours replacing the stock with a nice piece of walnut that is almost finished. The stock is bedded and a skeletal butt plate has been added. The drops fit me well and the gun should shoot any load. The chokes are modified and improve modified. I plan on using it for quail, dove and pheasant. It balances on the hinge pin and feels nice to swing. While it is not original, It will be a nice, light, steel barreled hammer gun.

sounds like a really fine bird gun to me...show us some pictures when you are done with the stock work.....charlie

Yes pics please!!

I'm not sure how they take up less space but I can roll with that:rotf: I was fortunate two years ago and got a grade 3 with 30 inch barrels at the Southern. I also have a lifter and a 32 incher along with an English gun with a Jones underlever......yup I love 16 bore hammer guns:bowdown:

Unfinished 16 hammergun
 

Here is a picture of the sleeved 16 gauge hammer gun. The fore end needs cleaned and finished. The trigger guard needs a little work for final fitting. The skeletal butt plate screws are fit but the slots need final work. The stock will have more coats of finish.

Tom, that is gorgeous. Oh man. My dream gun.

“She raised herself on an elbow and looked down at me. I could see the shine of her eyes but I couldn’t read her expression. “Do you have something against marriage?” “For two people in a hundred it’s wonderful. The rest just work at it. After twenty years all the guy has left is a work bench in the garage. American girls are terrific” .—Raymond Chandler, THE LONG GOODBYE

(substitute loading bench for work bench)

Tom, do you know who sleeved your hammer gun?

Started 2018 with the misguided idea I needed fewer firearms, I failed!!! I gave two rifles to my great grandson; 1878 Trapdoor Springfield and my father's single shot .22. I also sold two guns a beautiful L.C. Smith 12 gauge and a A.J. Aubry 12 gauge. However I added a long barreled 45 Colt Bisley, 1967 12 gauge Browning Superposed 28 barrels (Skeet & Skeet) with tubes for 410, 28 and 20. In the 1990s I had a 12 gauge Fox restocked and totally redone, I sold the gun to a dear friend with the condition I could repurchase if he ever decided to sell, bought the gun back in November and still can't believe I ever sold the gun. It just crushes the bird on our sporting clays course. Finally I purchased a 1892 GH 12 gauge and had it redone used it on sharptail in Montana.
2019 I'm going to sell at least two guns! Currently the two leading candidates are 2 SBTs; L. C. Smith and Ithaca.

Sleeved 16
 

Bill,
The gun came from an elderly gentleman that had shot it for years. He was a much shorter man that needed less drop than me. The flats are marked sleeved and it is a quality job and has 2 3/4" chambers with fishtail top lever on a 0 frame. He had shot light and heavy loads through it. I don't know much else except it has been a fun project. My hope is to finish it in time to hunt the last weekend of the Kansas season with it.

Finally finished the 16 hammergun
 

Finished the little 16 0 frame hammer gun late last night. My hope was to hunt with it before the end of the Kansas season. The dogs and the little gun worked well on the wild birds. It could become a favorite. The dog decided to go incognito.

Tom, you can't be teasing us like that, showing a partial picture of a soon-to-be favorite... :crying:





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Your pup must think it's Christmas already.