Damascus 16's
 

A friend of mine sent me on a mission to help him find a straight stocked 16ga Damascus Parker. For the life of me, I never realized how few must have been made in this configuration until I started looking for him. For some reason, they are really hard to find.

Maybe we'll have one with a fishtail toplever for viewing at the Annual meeting! Let's see 'em guys!

A man's gotta have a dream. Hope your friends patient and has deep pockets.

Any straight grip lower grade gun is scarce. A Damascus smallbore in straight grip is a dream unless it is a high grade gun. When he finds one, tell him to get out the checkbook because the guy standing behind him has his check already filled out.

[QUOTE=Josh Loewensteiner;18962]A friend of mine sent me on a mission to help him find a straight stocked 16ga Damascus Parker.

Josh,
Good luck with that search.:rolleyes: I got lucky a few years ago but there are just not that many available.

Great gun, Larry. Thanks for sharing!~

Larry
You are the "luckiest" Parker collector I know!!
David

Always said I'd rather be lucky than good!;)

Dear Former Owner of Larry's CH Bernard two-barrel two-gauge gun -

Larry really doesn't mean to 'rub salt in a wound' whenever he shows us that gun..... but he knows we love to see it each time :rolleyes:

Oh yes he does.....Every single time.....:rolleyes:

Dave, in your avatar.... is that a gas operated Parker you're shooting that's spitting out the empties like that?

Ah No... Mr. Romig That is the bottom of the sign that tells shooters the menu of targets. Course I wouldn,t expect you to remember that at your advancing age....

I am the lucky owner of a GHE Damascuss 16ga 0 frame. this is a rather unique gun as it went back to Parker for all the bells and wistles such as SST, BTF (with the recoil lug) straight grip with SSBP and fishtail top lever. I'm bringing it to PA so maybe someone can post up some pictures of it. It has 28 inch bbls which are both choked in the range of Modified.

Rich,I would be happy to take some pictures for ya....:)

Rich, I thought you only believed in open choked guns....:rotf:

Gosh, I did not realize what I had. I have a 16 ga damascus hammer gun with a fish tail
lever and 32 in barrels. I am having the barrels cleaned up and improving the damascus
pattern cleaned and then will have the foriorn and checkering enhansed and should be ready to go. All these comments have sure made my life easier with my wife. JVB

Van, if you got back on the Miss America board of directors and judging circuit, an old shotgun would be the farthest thing from her mind.

Please bring it to the Banquet for all to see.

bruce, at the present time I am in Destin Fl laying on beach watching my beautiful gr. daughters play in the surf and wondering where I can go looking for Parkers. When do you start across Ks on your bike? Seems like you are going to be in Coby around the 5th of June. I am going out to U of Colo State that week end to sing in the Chorus of the Rockies for a week. Thought I could stop and give you some encouragement. JVB

Eric I do indeed favor more open chokes than the GHE 16 has and thats probably why I don't Grouse hunt with it. Its NOT however M/F as someones 16 is and therefor more usefull for my applications. Also I don't need quite as much margin of error as some :rolleyes:

I still am not openning it up :rotf: Maybe just maybe my go to 12, for the grouse woods, still not sure if you and Dave M. have convinced me yet, If Dave would just reload me some spreaders there would not be a need but... Plus if I open them up we won't have anything to talk about on the Sporting Clays course.....:)

From what I remember about Ernie's course the targets were in general grouse hunting type shots. Most stations were tight and fast except when you got out over the pond. I think rather than bringing my normal SC guns I will pack a 12, 16, and 20 gage, all fast handling game guns with 26" barrels and choked open and full which is what I like to use behind my flusher. Rich did I mention the 20 gage was a Fox?:bigbye:

Two years ago at the Northeast Shoot, I had not fixed the broken extractor on my PHE trap gun's 30" barrels that I would normally use for sporting clays. I snapped on the open choked 26" barrels which I had only used for skeet in the past. It was an unusual sight picture for sure. I missed what I thought were a bunch of birds on the first part of the course. They were absolute gimmes. I was really disappointed. The score card showed a 45 with a very long run at the back end which put me in second place behind my hero, J.D. Shank, who broke a 46. It was one of my proudest days in sporting clays competition. By the way, Larry, I broke every one of the many long birds that they throw over the pond. Don't worry too much about your 26" barrels.

Eric go ahead and open the chokes on that big ol 12. We will still have something to talk about on the clays course..trust me:p. IF a certain 16 were mine it would be off to Mike Orlean for a choke intervention so fast it's ribs would seperate.

Larry I know the 20 is a Fox hence the discounted price with easy terms:rotf:

Hausmans is a close course for sure. My Hollywood gun a 16ga skeet has a broken ejector rod and is at the Dr.'s now to be ready for dah U.P. shoot eh.
I'll bring a 16 & 20 both 30 inch bbls IC/M and a 28 skt/skt. Last year the 5stand warranted M/F.

Eris just a PS Make that a certain two 16's for choke bore interventions:bigbye:

Ok Rich you got me, which two 16's ? I know the A but which other one?

There is a certain Lefever that is tightly choked rendering unsuitable for Grouse and Woodcock.

That is not going to happen.....:nono:

Eric, I'll bring you a box of 16 gauge spreader loads.
But that 12 has got to be opened up by September!

I'll work on it....

Try it..you'll like it:) After you open up the 12 you will want all your guns choked skt 1 & skt 2.....after all you are supposed to be a Grouse hunter....arn't you:rotf: