First 20ga. Parker - Damascus GH
Here is my first parker 20 gauge. I rushed the pictures a bit, but wanted to share. I had been looking for a 20 gauge off and on and I am excited to add this to my collection. I really wanted a 20 with Damascus or Twist barrels. This GH is a 0 frame with 28” Damascus barrels. The stock was cut at some point, probably for a younger shooter. The LOP is 12 ¾” I will have someone add a recoil pad to increase to LOP.
Hopefully, I can get the LOP close to 14” or at least to 13 3/4” without having too much pad on the end of the gun. Whoever shortened the stock tried to do a nice job and rounded the edges along with carving the butt. I believe that will have to be cut back some before a recoil pad is added. The original LOP from the research letter was 14 ¼” and with that the gun weighed 6lbs. 6oz.
I like everything else about the gun and I am smiling a bit too much. Looking forward to shooting it tomorrow. A slip on Orvis pad does get the LOP to 13 ¾” which I can live with until I get it fixed correctly.
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