I have a number of Parkers with drops like that. At first when shooting such guns I shot very poorly because I was uncomfortable having heard all the negatives spoken and written of such guns. Same with the stories that SXS don’t do very well at trap.
Well, I thought, if the shooters and hunters of the day when these guns were made could shoot the scores they did, it can’t be the gun, it must be the shooter.
I got very used to mine as soon as I adopted the mindset that it CAN be done.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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