First bird with father's Parker Repro
Hi everyone. Thanks for such a great forum. I've learned a lot from browsing through your posts. It's time to add one of my own.
For all the years I was growing up, my side-by-side crazy father always insisted that I use one of the many double guns he owned through the years. At age 35 (almost five years ago), I finally took him up on his generosity and began using a lovely B-SS that he set up for me (years before) for clays and for upland hunting. It was stocked not unlike my 1100 Special Field, and for as little as I shot, it worked quite well.
But recently, I took the next step. My father's all-time favorite gun from the mid-1990s until he had to stop shooting (for health reasons) a few years ago was this Parker Reproduction 12 gauge (26" IC-M, one of a two-barreled set). Last week, he suddenly insisted that I take it into the field. I was nervous about taking such a nice gun out into late-season weather, but he prevailed.
I had the pleasure of using this incredible "hand-me-down" for the first time on pheasants earlier today. First shot, first bird down. It handled like a dream. I'm hooked on this beautiful gun. Now I understand what all the fuss is all about. And, of course, it's quite obvious that I am lucky to have a fantastic father with even better taste.
Cheers!
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