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Bruce Hering 09-11-2021 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon (Post 343432)
Bruce, the Drowned Grounds was a hunting area for the sporting writer, Frank Forrester (Herbert). He writes of his hunts there in the early and mid-19th Century. Now that would really be going back(!) The changes to that area have been tremendous, and not good for hunting (or wildlife). My brother-in-law now lives in Northern New Jersey and on our occasional visits, I am reminded why I don't want to live in the most heavily populated state. It's neat that you have your memories of hunting the area before the intense development. I grew up in the Williamsburg-Jamestown-Yorktown area of Virginia, and we used to hunt in the woods that are now Busch Gardens. I cannot bear to go back and see what has happened.

Sent you a PM.....

Jay Oliver 09-11-2021 01:50 PM

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I like 16 Parkers too...what's not to like? Here is a D grade hammer with 28" Damascus barrels on an 0 frame. Weighs 6lbs. even and is a delight to shoot :)

Mike Koneski 09-11-2021 02:05 PM

Pretty gun! Fishtail top-lever to boot! What's not to like?

Craig Larter 09-11-2021 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay Oliver (Post 343461)
I like 16 Parkers too...what's not to like? Here is a D grade hammer with 28" Damascus barrels on an 0 frame. Weighs 6lbs. even and is a delight to shoot :)

That is a beautiful Parker Jay WOW

Garry L Gordon 09-11-2021 08:23 PM

Wow(!), Jay, just wow(!).

JACK MURPHY JR 09-11-2021 08:23 PM

The magic of the 16 gauge 0 Frame Parker for a New England grouse and woodcock hunter must be a romance that goes back to the very roots of the founding of Parker.
I often think of the men that ordered my well fitting Parker’s 100 years before me. It wasn’t just by chance that Parker built these guns that are to this day still the favorite of the modern hunter. There is nothing quite like moving in on a solid point, the rush of the flush and mounting a 16 gauge old reliable.

Matt Buckley 09-11-2021 09:10 PM

I also own a gh hammer gun in 16 gauge on an O frame but it is a bit heavier and just shy of 7lbs. It has 30" barrels and I believe was built as a waterfowling gun. 16 gauge Parkers are the cats meow in my book. I own 3 of them and love them all. It is the perfect all around gauge for most hunting.

Garry L Gordon 09-11-2021 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Hering (Post 343458)
Sent you a PM.....

Hey, Bruce. No PM as of this evening.

Bruce Hering 09-12-2021 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon (Post 343495)
Hey, Bruce. No PM as of this evening.

I'll be darned.... It was a long one too. I'll retype it and send it on in the morning. I am headed for bed.... old guys gotta get their rest.

Sorry about that. I have no idea what the heck happened.

Dean Romig 09-12-2021 08:48 AM

Bruce, look for it in ‘Sent Items’ you mightvfind it there.





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