In His Own Hand....
 

I was going through my "filing" and came across a note Dad made for me about his guns a couple years before he passed. Here is what he had to say for VH 145522, the gun featured in my nostalgic article in Parker Pages.

The Parker double barreled was purchased from Russels Sporting Goods in Calgary about 1952. It cost $85. At that time, I made my own ammunition and the first hunt with the shot gun I got 5 snow geese with 2 shots with reload BB's. There were four of us in the hunting party and we all crawled up on the geese. Just as they took off I fired twice as they were airborn and dropped five. Another time I made a high shot at a V of mallards and pintails. I got 5 ducks with one shot. The gun would knock the birds down between seventy five and eighty yards. One time the right side of the stock blew off in my face. I was wearing shooters glasses at the time. I got a lot of splinters in my right hand and some brass. Apparently the firing pin poked a hole through the primer and caused the charge to come back through the gun. This was the best shotgun I ever owned.

I was a lad for that 5 duck shot. My recollection was a line of mallards but he says it was a V of mallards and pintails. He made the shot, so I go with his recollection. You can see the repair to the stock head in the second last image. I shot the gun until 2003 when the left barrel failed. I think I finally have a line on a barrel set. Had I found them a couple years earlier, I wouldn't be spending as much time on the computer as a result of having found PGCA in my search for barrels.
Cheers,
Jack
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I hoped you find a set of barrels, then you, your Dad and the Parker can once again share a blind.

Jack,

That is just neat... My Dad has never been into firearms - but fortunately - my great-granddad and grandfather both were... No notes for me - but I'm fortunate to have many of their firearms - all of which I shot when I was a young lad...

Thanks for sharing, Jack!

:cheers:

John

John you should post here and on Doublegun "wanted to buy Parker barrels for X frame X # of inches" You never know you might get a phone call, can't hurt. Example five years ago I came accross 5 sets of Damascus barrels at a show bought them all and ended up selling them to people I knew that had been looking for certain barrels. By the way what frame size was your dad's? Eric

Yeah John and One of your grandfathers guns you got Real Lucky on....! Eric

It is a 2 frame. Original barrels were 32". Many years ago, I had to trim a bit of length because the muzzle had a crack. I was never as good with the gun as Dad was but I took a lot of birds, just used more ammo than he would have. After the barrel failure, I had it trimmed to a sporty 18 3/8". I tried it a few times, but to no avail. I guess if the stage coach came back, I could ride shotgun :)

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That conjures up quite a mental picture........

Runny-nosed, barefoot little toe-headed kid running after the covered wagon with a big gunny-sack over his shoulder yellin' "Hey Grampaw, I got me forty-two buffalo chips in this hyar sack.... puff-puff-puff.... when I git fifty can I shoot yer scattergun oncet more??"

:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

To which Grampaw replies
I s'pose. Yer gittin' pretty good with it. You may just 'swell give back them borrowed sling shots.

You guys crack yourselves up - don'tcha..???

;)

I got nuttin'....

:rotf:

Yer' Buddy, John

Quote:

"You guys crack yourselves up - don'tcha..???"

Well, John Buddy..... as long as it's at your expense..... Yup, we do :smiley7: