I appreciate y'all taking the time to look at and comment on my soon to be new to me Parker. I don't think that I did too bad for $650 out the door.
On the floor plate screws, should I check how tight they are and then if they are tight take them out and see if they align better when swapped? I need to investigate proper disassembly before I just start taking out screws. I would use appropriate screw drivers. I have a set.
I haven't had the chance to weigh the gun. The smith told me that the chokes were full and full. I don't know the exact dimensions on the stock. I am a fair sized fellow and it felt good and seemed to fit me pretty well as far as I could tell with actually shooting the gun.
Once I get her home, I'll clean her up and take some better photos and measurements.
I am pretty proud to have a Parker. When I was younger my great grandmother used to keep an old Parker that had belonged to my great grandfather behind the door of her bedroom. I got in trouble for looking at it more than once. When I was a teenager, I used to clean it for her once in a while. She told me that gun would come to me. I was stationed overseas when she passed and no one knew what happened to that old gun.
I have always hunted but I only recently owned doubles when I started Cowboy Action Shooting. I plan on shooting her at least occasionally in some cowboy matches and getting my Everett Hitch on. I know he had an 8, but I reckon I'll get by with a 10.
As soon as I can get her off of layaway and get some ammo, I definitely plan on shooting her and taking her hunting. I looked at RTS and Buffalo Arms. They both want want about $3 a round for store bought ammo. I might have to get a couple of boxes just to have a little ammo on hand until I get set up to reload for 10 Gauge.
I sure wish that Magtech made those $1 brass hulls like they do for all the other gauges. The cheapest new ones that I can find are the Parker Bros. marked ones at Track of the Wolf for $7.49 each. I think having some brass hulls would be some serious style points at a CAS match. So I may have to break down and buy a few.
I reckon that I need to get a MEC and a short kit for it. There doesn't seem to be many other options.