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I am negotiating to buy Parker SBT s/n 237939. What bothers me is the barrel measures a bit over 32 inches and the choke measures between F and IM. Is there a way I can find out if the barrel was originally 34 inches before I commit?

It is listed as an SC grade. I don't have any pictures at present.

Thanks,

Mike Scelzo

The barrels are 32". Can't tell you about the choke, usually a SBT has somewhere between .035 and .045 restriction. Do you know the actual restriction?

Serialization Book has it as 32" barrels.

Choke is determined by the actual constriction between bore and muzzle. If the bore is at all oversized, a drop in choke gauge is useless.

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Thanks to all. Very helpful. I will be buying it and requesting a letter.

I will post some photos. It is in very good condition.

Mike Scelzo

Welcome to the wonderful world of SBTs. Shoot it, don't hide it in a safe. They are addictive. They eat lots of ammo. Feed it and it will grow on you. Have fun and enjoy your SBT.

Thanks Jeff,

I shoot all my old shotguns. Most of them shoot great and I enjoy it. I used a Lefever nitro special at sporting clays last week. Good fun.

Back to the Parker SBT, in the store using a drop in gage, the chamber measured short of 2 3/4 inches. It looked about 2 5/8 as many of the Parkers I have seen do measure. Will I have to use 2 1/2 inch shells in it? Seems strange for a trap gun.
Mike Scelzo

Perfectly OK to shoot any modern 12ga. shell in this gun.

Well I bought s/n 237939 and couldn't be happier.

Reading through other threads I figured out some of the markings but not all. Clearly it is a SC Grade 4 with a 3 lb 5 oz barrel. Any ideas about the A and the small W?

It appears to be in very nice original condition but the recoil pad has been replaced with a Pachmayr. If someone knows what recoil pad shoule be on a 1935/1936 SBT I may have it changed.

The case color is great and it locks up "like a bank vault". There is no mid rib bead but I don't think that will bother my shooting.

Looking forward to shooting it Sunday.

Please excuse my poor photography.

Mike Scelzo

lovely gun you have a very nice gun...charlie

Mike,

Congats on your new trap gun. These late guns are my favorites and the Remington SBT guns had some really LONG chokes and shoot very well. Please show us more and let us know what part of the country it came from. Many of the late Remington Trap guns went west and I am always interested to learn their history.

Patrick.

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Mike, very nice late model SBT... As to the question about recoil pad mine is in the 217,xxx range, it has a Hawkins pad...
Trap3

Very nice, Trap3. Thanks for sharing.

Mike Scelzo

Welcome to the SBT club Mike. Could you show a pic of the entire butt stock? Trap3 has a nice photo display in his post.

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Mike Franzen asked for more photos of my SBT so here they are. I am happy and proud to be its current caretaker.

Chuck Bishop's research letter says it was ordered as an employee and display gun for Remington. That could explain the terrific wood. The gun was completed on June 17, 1935 and shipped to Tom Daves at Remington on April 10, 1936. Except for the replacement recoil pad and the initials inscribed on the stock plate, it appears to be in original, unrestored condition. Does anyone know who CWT may be?

The best thing is it fits me perfectly and is great to shoot. I have been consistently breaking 22 or 23 clays since I picked it up but I feel a 25 coming.

Mike Scelzo

Shooting it tonight the forend feels a little lose when the gun is open. Is that something to think about having adjusted? Any suggestions about who to send it to if it needs adjustment?

Mike Scelzo

I would definitely get a heart shaped Hawkins pad,
Most likely that was on it originally.

SC 242055 has heart shaped Hawkins pad

Mike thanks for posting those pics. What a beautiful gun. The grain on the butt stock is about as good as I've seen. It doesn't appear to me that the stock has been altered in any way. So often we see these guns "improved" by a trap shooter. You're a lucky man. Somebody who knows more than me will come along and address the loose for end issue. My instinct tells me it needs to be looked at.

Make sure the forend screws are tight.