If I were on the buying side, I agree with Dean - it would maintain the guns value. Further, it would validate the overall gun because the wood was made (or fitted in the case of the butt) specifically for the gun..since you're laying out the cash..might as well take that step in my view. Using your own words..it would make the gun righteous. JMO

Just purchased my first Parker Reproduction 28 Gauge. Absolutely New in the Case with all the accessories including the wooden cleaning rod and never fired. Here are some pictures of the wood.

Good for you Steve. Where did you get this one?

Nice!

It doesn't get much better than that!

Congratulations Steve! You're going to love that gun!

I was grouse hunting in Vermont with Dave and Danny Suponski in a cover we call the "Pine/Apple Bowl" when a grouse flushed 25 yards in front of me and crossed right to left going away hard. Danny heard him but never saw him and I fired my left (M) barrel as the bird vanished behind a screen of gnarly scrub-apple. I didn't think I connected but owed it to the grouse to take a look. when I got to where I should start looking nearly 40 yards from where I shot, there he was on the ground stone dead! I was shooting RST 28 gauge Lites in #8. And I have killed other grouse at similar ranges - certainly not the norm but certainly do-able with that combination. I am a firm believer in that choke, that gauge, and that load as a great game-getter.





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You had better look closely before the inspection period ends. It looks to me like one of the triggers fell off.

Seriously, one heck of a piece of wood!

WOW and the snap caps and oil bottle too!!! Incredible!





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Off GI Allen.
Yeh Gary, sometimes you have to make sacrafises in life:) But actually I like both a double or single trigger. As long as it works makes no difference to me:rolleyes:

That may well be the nicest piece of wood I've seen on a Repro. Well done!

You did good. The trigger guard bumper is a nice touch. Outstanding wood!

Right gauge, right gun, right dog. Congratulations on your purchase! Very nice figure on that wood.

So, Dean, don't you, Dave or Danny know how to say "Go fetch" in a loud clear voice? I would have had Eva ask that question, but we lost her last week. She knew "Go fetch" as well as any pointing dog I have ever hunted over. I love your pups, but let's not make a deal.

Very sorry to learn you lost Eva, Bill.

That was B.G. (Before Grace) so we had to "go fetch" our own birds.

The pups all have wonderful new homes - no deals to be made there.

I am sorry too about your loss of Eva... I thought she was just a youngster.





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This is the repro on Brian's webite. Galazan/ Krieghoff 16ga bbls fitted and broken through Pretty claro stock replaced. Stocks in my dimnsions. It hits where I look and it's not hard to look at. My favorite until we switch to Red legged partridge. Then I switch to the 30in. 28ga. Funny, original stock broke under recoil from 7/8oz target loads with the 20ga bbls.

That one won’t be breaking again in your lifetime Harry. The piece of curcassian we put on it was great!

Gorgeous Harry
Weren't the Galazan barrels made by Merkel?

Thought always thought they were Krieghoff. Don't have Tony's announcement any more.

The original 16 gauge barrels were made by Krieghoff and fit very nicely. The after market barrels sold by Mr. Galazan were made by Merkel and didn't fit nearly as well in my experience.

Krieghoff made the 16 ga. Barrels for the original 20/16 sets but I think George is right .





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I have two sets of the Merkel barrels that Galazan had made. They cost about 2k and fitting was offered. I ordered a set and had them fitted and my SN added 200.00 The positives are the barrels are hi quality, well struck, balanced and have .031 of choke in the left barrel or X-Full The right barrel start at .018 and I had mine opened to .009 I use this gun in Kansas for wild roosters and quail. It shoots hard and is perfectly regulated. I am very happy with the barrels for hunting use. The negatives are.....barrel matting does not match, but is quality work. They do not have the wedding band engraved at the breach, I really miss that! And the worst part is the dolls head extension. Its undersize and lacks the factory engraving. These are all cosmetic issues that the barrels make up for in hard hit roosters...(-: I bought my second set right her on our for sale thread, got them and they snapped right onto my two barrel set...sweet I did not change the factory chokes of .018/.031 The have a original set of Kreghoff barrels, they only have .026 of choke in the full barrel. So if you want more choke the Merkel barrels are the choice! If I had one wish....it would have been for 30" tight choked PR 16ga barrels!!!! We are lucky to have them at all! , THANK YOU TOM SKUES SXS Ohio

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Here is the stock on my 12 Gauge two barrel set If you click on the pictures they will expand.

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This is the stock on my 12 ga repro 2 barrel set.

..nicest 12ga I'm aware of Gary. What a great shotgun!!

What makes it especially nice to me is the choking. 26" are Q1&2 and the 28" IC & Mod. It also has a bt forend which I like for clays work. I has a single trigger where I would prefer double but, hey, you cannot have everything and I have to say the single trigger works flawlessly.

Sold this Repro a few years ago to fiance the purchase of my VHE 20/32. Through a couple of gentlemen who are part of this forum I had the opportunity to buy it back. Case coloring and wood refinish by Brad Bachelder.

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Parker Reproduction both are 28b
The 28b is listed for sale here also
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First, that gun is absolutely beautiful. If I shot it, it would be with light loads. I don't imagine that a gun with that amount of originally finish would be shot a lot anyway. I wouldn't if I owned it. Not because of the burl in the wrist but because I wouldn't want to diminish the condition of that gun. It is superb.

But all of the good stock makers make sure that the grain is straight going through the wrist. In fact, if you look at the pictures of the repro wood shown on this thread, you will see burl in the butt but straight through the wrist. This is the way Parker did it as well as all the other makers. Once and a while, you'll see cross grain in the grip, but its rare. The fact that this gun has it doesn't diminish the gun one iota. It is a wonderful gun anyone of us would love to own.

I just re-read the posts and saw that the gun was restocked. In that case, if I was going to hunt with it, I would bore a hole through the grip lengthwise from the head of the stock and install a long bolt surrounded by acraglas. Absolutely beautiful wood.

I had to do this with a beautiful civil war muzzleloader that was presented to a general by the state of Maine. Unfortunately, when I bought the gun it was badly cracked through the wrist in multiple places. I fixed it with the long bolt method and re-checkered over the cracks. It was a beautiful piece of wood but the burl ran right through the grip. You'd have to look very closely and know where the cracks were to see them now.

Not wood that is one a gun, but someday will be.

Last week I had the opportunity to buy 42 high quality stock blanks from the estate of a since passed gunsmith that was a friend of a friend of my family. He passed 5 years ago and was a life long practicing general gunsmith. Primarily working on and building custom rifles.

In the lot was Circassian (english, turkish, french), Bastogne, Claro and American. All of it is very old. He had everything dated, not sure if they were cut dates or purchase dates, but the oldest date is 1959 and the newest is 1973!

Now I just need to find room to store it all. On top of the nearly 150 blanks that I already had on hand.

As an aside... there was about 20 blanks of very nice Myrtle that I left behind since I do not work with it, so if anyone may know an interested party... let me know.

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Nice find Brian. Below is a picture I took from a site about walnut tree processing for gunstocks. It clearly shows how stocks should be cut with straight grain through the grip.

My Parker reproduction
 

This is my first reproduction, early 28 gauge.
26” English stock, single trigger. I look foreword to chasing grouse and woodcock this fall. I shot some preserve birds this winter with it and I believe it will make a fine grouse gun.

Great curl!

Brian, you have some knockout pieces there! Wow

Posted this before in another thread, but this is from my reproduction that Brian Dudley completely redid.

Some people have ask about the set of 30" barrels for a Repro. Here is the wood on the gun. It has 30" and 28" barrels and is a steel shot special. 28" barrels of course have IC & mod chokes. The 30" barrels have Briley thin wall choke tubes. I'm not sure if this was an option at the time but the only other 30" set that I personally know of also has the Briley thin walls. Neat thing about this gun is it comes with both splinter and beavertail forend and they are interchangeable for either barrel. Those 30" barrels really swing well.

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Here is my other 12 gauge which is also a two barrel set 26" Q1 & Q2 and 28" IC & Mod. This gun was redone by Mr. Bachelder and I love the case colors.

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