Straight Grip Vs. Pistol Grip
 

Which gun is more collectable. Straight Grip or Pistol Grip?

William,The answer to your question is both. As far a rarity goes there are fewer straight grip guns made than pistol grip guns.As far as collectibility goes the grip style is only part of the equasion(sic)grade,gauge and condition weigh in here also. Some collectors prefer straight grip guns others pistol grip guns. And lets not forget the sexy half round and ball grip guns...:)

Thanks for the reply. The reason I am asking is I recently purchased a 1924 straight grip, Number 1 frame 12 GA. Parker.

Pictures William.. we need pictures! Lets' see it. I love my 1-frame GHE12. Very fast little gun.

Ya,I agree with Rich..We need pictures! A 1924 straight grip 1 frame 12 has GOT to be a great gun!

Dave and Rich, thanks for the relpy. I will post some pictures A.S.A.P. The gun I bought is a VHE with Ivory sights.

Dave, for the people who collect but never shoot their Parkers I believe grade, gage, and condition are the most important features because they have a larger effect on the guns value. I could be wrong but I think the type of grip is more important to those of us that shoot our guns. That being said who doesn’t love a straight grip Parker?:bowdown:

I too just acquired a straight grip Parker. VHE, 20 ga., Skeet gun. Single trigger, beaver tail forend, 26 inch barrels (marked skeet in / skeet out).

I am a hunter and I am going to hunt with mine. It is a very light gun. I have not shot it yet, I am sure being as light as it is, it must give a pretty good recoil. As soon as I seen it I fell in love with it. Love at first sight you could say.

William, 'off-the-shelf' ammo can tend to beat you up pretty well but there are ammo manufacturers like RST that produce low pressure, light recoil shells for old guns. These shells are a pleasure to shoot, perform every bit as well as the Federal, Winchester, Remington, Activ, Rio, etc. stuff out there. You can literally shoot RST ammo all day long without any ill-effects.

John, we need pictures of that 'new' skeet gun :cool:

Thank you Dean, I think I am going to go with your suggestion and use low pressure shells. I think it will be easier on the gun as well as the shoulder. I think I am more concerned with the gun.

I have always wondered why the Trojan was not built 100% as a straight grip. It seems to me that there would be less work involved in making a straight grip vs. pistol and if so a logical way to further reduce production cost on the economy grade gun.

It may take a little time to post pictures of my VH. I am having the ejectors serviced. Once I get it back I will take some photos. Thanks for all your import.

John,

Does it look like this?

What a beautiful piece of wood! Great looking gun. Yes, it looks like that. Mine has a recoil pad on it. Right now I am having the ejectors serviced and a new recoil put on. The one it has is in rough shape. Looks like it has been on there since the gun was made. Did you purchase this gun restored or did you have it done?

William,

Recently purchased at a auction in Detroit. The gun was refinished by Delgreco. I hope to shoot the snot out of it and tone down the case colors.

Bill

Very simular but not that high of condition. I too hope to give mine a workout.