I finally took the VH out for sporting clays. Whatever the gun lost in collectible value due to Mr. Hasinger’s modifications, he made up for in shoot-ability. The gun functions perfectly after 108 years and crushes clays just fine. It’s a big, heavy soft shooting gun, perfect for clays and skeet. I may even take it hunting along side my 12 ga lifter. I decided to leave the Jostam pad. It’s hard as a rock but sliding my Galco leather pad over it gives me a perfect LOP and makes the gun very comfortable to shoot. It looks just fine. I hate the look of the beaver tail but admit, it’s great for shooting. I will likely only have the barrels sanded and reblued for now. I would like to have a proper splinter forend fitted to it. Overall, it was an fantastic find for me and I’m the happy owner of another great old Parker.
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