My Dad hunted upland birds avidly with Parkers and he had several when he passed. I used them many times when I was younger but purchased an old Browning Lightning 20 ga for upland bird hunting when I branched out on my own. My Dad and I still hunted together and occasionally when I couldn't hit anything with the Browning, he would have me try one of the Parkers to get me straightened out.
I ended up with two of his GHs after his passing in 2014, both 12 ga. One was my Grandfather's that passed to my Great Uncle when my Grandfather passed, and then to my father when my Great Uncle passed. The other was a project gun that my father started to resurrect.
My Great Uncle shot a pheasant with the first Parker in 1918 that he had mounted and I have the gun and the pheasant now. I've since finished the second Parker, the project gun, which has become my preferred grouse, woodcock and pheasant gun.
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