Today I took the newly purchased PH 12 and two boxes of RST shells to an area farm for some practice on pigeons. The Parker and I fared rather well, the "sky-carp"- not so well.
Had coffee with my farmer friend, we ended up at an area (Barry Co.) antiques sale- he's big on cast iron toy models of farm equipment, no guns per se- some fly rods and reels, etc. Bought a "grab bag" of 1930's sporting magazines- June 1934 National Sportsman pages 36-38 the good Cap'n Crossman being firearms editor.
Very timely for today his discussion of House Bill 9066 re: registration and licensing on firearms sales-
Then his review of the Win M54 Sniper Hornet rifle--"A fine bull-gun had been spoiled ----- when Winchester failed to put a .30 cal. hole in this here musket. Sorta the way I feel when I see a lovely Parker double gun with a triflin' .410 bore in it"!!
Huum- guess I can add the Cap'n to my list of deceased 12 bore shotgunners of note: Captain Paul Curtis, Ray P. Holland, Corey Ford and of course, Nash Buckingham.
To be fair- anybody could buy a new .410 Parker from a dealer in 1934- the few produced compared to the 12 bore, and the demise of Parker production in 1940??- adds to the market value of any .410 Parker today, no denying that.
If it were legal on the PGCA to do so, I would gladly advise of any such small bore for sale I might encounter- the chances of that occuring are twofold; slim and none!!
