My Sick Parker
Hello,
I have kind of a disappointing story regarding a Parker that was recently passed down to me from my dad. It's a 16 gauge (Trojan steel), photos attached. The gun was a wedding gift to my dad from my mom's side of the family. Growing up it always intrigued me, never shot it, my dad wasn't really into it. Unfortunately, a couple of years ago it fell off the wall along with the antler rack that was supporting it and split the buttstock, dented one of the barrels and...a small metal piece, rectangular in shape, approximately the size of a fingernail fell out (dad thinks it had to do with the safety). Anyway, I was still very happy to take on the responsibility of ownership in a piece of my family history.
Since transplanting the gun from it's home in AZ to mine in CA I have seen rust develop on the receiver and have misplaced the missing piece. It's been a losing situation that I look forward to turning around.
Never had to contend with rust issues like this on any of my other guns.
I'm waiting for a call back from a gunsmith. I'm going to ask to have the dent, rust and stock addressed. The missing piece...I don't know, will have to wait till it turns up, I guess. If this isn't a good plan feel free to stop me in my tracks, I do care about this gun.
Thanks for reading my story and by the way this is a fantastic site, very happy I bumped into this resource. I never would've learned so much so quickly about Parker shotguns.
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