Full comb
 

Is it rare to have a Parker with a full comb?

Why were some Parkers ordered with a full comb?

Thx, Ray

They were usually competition guns such as trap guns and pigeon guns.... but not always. I've seen a bunch of them and have owned two.

Thx, Dean. Why did competition shooters order them? What is the advantage?

A broader surface for the cheek bone to rest against... comfort, positioning...? Not sure.

Here's a full comb on a A1S and another on a VHE.




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Thx, Dean. Wow, it is really thick on that VH!

The one I'm looking at is obviously thicker than a standard stock but no way as thick as that VH.

dean have shot one of these full comb guns...i have a stevens with a full comb and when i shoot heavy loads in it it really hurts your cheek shooting it..just wondering... charlie

I really don't know if we can compare a Stevens and a Parker in recoil dynamics. The only Parker that ever hurt me (except the 12 ga. Trojan I hunted with when I was twelve) due to recoil is a 20 ga. VH owned by my son-in-law. The gun weighs about 5 1/2 lbs and I won't shoot it anymore unless with RST's softest loads.

But I've been punched pretty good when shooting shotguns by other manufacturers.

I believe full combs were to lessen the felt recoil to one's cheek via a larger less knife like surface area. Trap shooting is a fairly rapid fire event with only short breaks between stations. ATA events are 100 targets and usually shooters shoot 200 to 300 targets plus practice on a given day. At least that is how it is done now.

Here is a picture of two V's, one with a full comb one more standard, both 1 1/2 frames.

I do know I would benefit from some cast off on the full comb gun. One effect is I find it harder to look straight down the rib.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...r/100_0553.jpg

I think that you will often find guns ordered with full combs to also have higher stock dimensions. Another more common target gun feature.