Parker Skeet Gun ?
 

Are Parker skeet guns marked as such?
If not, how do you know it's a skeet gun?
What determines if it's a skeet gun or not?
Thanks, Dave

Some will argue that a "true" Parker skeet gun will have "skeet in"/skeet/out" on the barrel flats. There have been other Parker skeet guns without those markings that were named as a skeet gun in research letters. And then you have those guns with skeet gun configurations but with other chokes such as IC/Mod or some other choke restrictions.

Thanks for the info Guys.

For example,
I own a VHE 26” with single trigger, and beavertail forend. It is a straight grip with a dogs head buttplate. The Remington IBM card calls it out as a “skeet special” but it is choked Mod and Mod.

No skeet chokes and no checkered butt. But it has everything else.

A magazine ad October 1933, Field & Stream --

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Some Remington era catalog descriptions 1937 --

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1938 --

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From the 1939 Skeet & Trap equipment catalog --

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From a Remington Skeet Gun folder --

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interestingly, the 1932 brochure from Parker titled "For your best scores at Skeet shoot a Parker" has only two guns listed in it. VHE and a Trojan, the options in their entirety are listed but it does not point the reader in any specific direction.

The 1932 .410 bore skeet brochure only mentions VHE, that special boring that was developed and 3" shell compatibility. It goes on to state that you can have the gun made to your specifications. The image shows a half pistol grip, ST, and BTFE.

Trojan Skeet. February 1937

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Since a Remington model 32 skeet gun was in the same ad as a Parker skeet gun ,I thought I'd show my 100% original model 32 skeet.

The 3-inch .410-bore shell wasn't introduced until mid-1933 with the Winchester Model 42. I suppose industry insiders beyond Winchester/Western may have known it was coming.

The 3-inch .410-bore shell wasn't introduced until mid-1933 with the Winchester Model 42. I suppose industry insiders beyond Winchester/Western may have known it was coming.

That date is from TPS. I just looked in the document and it has no date itself. Plus or minus a year or even 2 wouldn’t surprise me.

If you are looking for a Parker Skeet Gun one thing to remember and look out for are the DelGrego Skeet Guns. Their shop reconfigured many guns to be Skeet Guns including the Skeet In and Skeet Out stampings. I think it was Bill Murphy who once said the Delgrego's turned out more Skeet Guns than Parker did.

The most common Skeet Gun Configuration would be 26" barrels, stamped Skeet Out (right barrel), Skeet In (left barrel), double white beads, straight grip stock (checkered butt on V and G grade), BTFE (with reinforced lug), SST, ejectors and manual safety. There were variations from this list.