I bought my SBT SC from a fellow who got it from his father in law who, as far as I know, was the original owner. The fellow, who was my dad's best friend, lost his wife to a murder. His new wife, said that she didn't want any guns in their house, so the gent offered to sell me the gun for what it'd been apprised for in the 70's. $1500.
My Single Barrel Trap Parker SC is a fantastic trap gun! Very high and straight comb, so even with a hard spot weld it shoots high, which means you have a "lot of air", but it breaks birds like mad. Strangly my hardest shot has always been the straight going away bird. I was shooting underneath it, since the bird is rising. The Parker smokes those birds, which improves my score.
I visited the local trap club. Those guys were shooting all kinds of fancy guns with do dads that adjusted the butt plate, the comb and trigger. The guns looked new. So I show up with my Parker broken open, cradled over my elbow.
"What ya shoot'n". One of the guys asked.
"Why a Parker trap gun." I relied. The guy looked at me as if I'd said I drive an old VW bus.
He glanced at my gun, looked away and said something like, "Well, yer gonna have to get something better than that old piece of s..."
I turned and walked away. Didn't join the club either.
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