20ga Wallhanger

[Bruce Day]

You know, when the hammerless guns arrived in 1889, nobody wanted the old hammer guns anymore. So the owner of this little 20ga, when he had the gun made in 1904, must have been a real throwback to buck the trend. Damascus plus hammers, what modern person would want that?

When retrieved from the chicken coop out here on the Great Plains, it had a broken stock. Now I know we get a lot of folks on this forum who wouldn't think twice about getting rid of this old broken stock and putting a new generic stock, but the owner kind of liked this old one, so its glued and pinned now.

And I know it doesn't have much condition, and so many folks want to send their guns off to get those fancy new case colors on so it looks like it just came from the Parker factory or some factory. But this little D grade will just have to do as is and I know the look like new gun crowd won't like it.

[Bill Faulk]

OUTSTANDING !!

[Jared V.]

A very good choice

[Richard Flanders]

yeah, I suppose most of us could buck up and tolerate the presence of such a scruffy and cobbled together gun in our collection! Very nice Bruce. Good on the owner for resurrecting it the way he did.

[Ed Blake]

That must have been some chicken coop.

[Dean Romig]

Kinda cute little grade 3. Is that David's work? (I think I've asked that before) Has it been shot in the last three years or so?

[Bruce Day]

yes and yes

[charlie cleveland]

will the little 20 do its job in the field... charlie

[Bruce Day]

Well Charlie, the downside to these Parkers is that they shoot where you aim them, so the gun will do its job and has for the last 107 years, but it takes a little help from the person holding it.

[Setter Man]

Over the years you have posted a lot of pictures of beautiful Parkers but this one is my favorite, by far. Absolutely spectacular.