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I'd be happy to learn of any Skeuse, Galazan or other you have seen or own.
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I have a 28ga SST english stock/splinter 00 frame gun which are perfectly fitted with Galazan 28" 410 barrels. I also have an original 00 frame Parker ejector forend iron, which I intend to have a small BTFE made for and fitted to the gun. But I have been distracted. regards Chuck |
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07-04-2018, 11:53 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Yes Chuck, I recall quite vividly the long road it took to receive your set. You're probably one of only a couple patient enough to stay the course and get them.
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I had given some thought to selling off the gun. I'm oggling a new one.
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02-09-2018, 01:57 PM | #7 | ||||||
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They did not make a production stand alone 410 OO frame gun, only 410/28 sets. It is thought that only one run of 25 barrels were made in OO frame 410. The final count is not known this project was cut short by the sudden factory close. Maybe a second run was in progress??? Side note...all the DHE grade guns I have ever seen available had 26" barrels choked Q1/Q2 or IC/Mod Some of the A1 special sets had 28" 410 barrels and I would love to have a set of them! The last ones I saw listed 3 barrel sets A1 had a price of 50K or close to that.....At those numbers I will most probably never own one of them! )-; SXS Ohio
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Hi Greg....We are talking PARKER Repro X-files. Lots of smoke but no real proof....all here say, but that's all we got! Maybe there is a big stash of 410 reproductions in some vault....maybe Bill Gates hid them away? Or maybe California gun haters destroyed them. If there was a bigger run made we should be seeing them come out of the big money collections from time to time. How about all the BHE grade guns we seldom see?? Truth is they did not make all that many....They really are scarce is the best answer I have. I think the stated estimates we have are real close. In the last few years I have seen the hard to find guns come available less and less with bigger and bigger price tags! Maybe the serialized production info will surface one day but I will not hold my breath waiting? I will keep my eyes open for a 5lb oooo frame 410 DT-SG-BTF with 26" and 28" barrels or a 28 gauge BHE ....Sweet! (-: SXS Ohio
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02-13-2018, 08:51 AM | #10 | ||||||
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SHOOTING SPORTSMAN magazine, October/November, 1988,
"The Parker Reproduction, An Interview with Jack Skeuse by Stuart M. Williams... Quotes.... Question: Williams: "Tell me about your .410. In what grade or grades is it made? Are you going to limit it strictly to a run of 100 guns? On what frame is it made? How much does it weigh?" Answer: Skeuse: "The .410 is on two frame sizes. The 00 frame is a 28 gauge that can be ordered with the .410 barrel as a second or third barrel and is comparable in weight to the original Parker on a 000 frame. The new .410 is available on a 0000 frame. It is the frame Charles Parker would have built it on if he were alive today. It weighs about five and a half pounds, a weight we feel is ideal for this bore, light but not whippy. We expect them to sell for the same price as our 12, 20, and 28 gauge guns of the same grade. At present we have just 100 on order." Take away from this interview.... Late 1988 interview PR plant closed at end of December 1988 100 of the 0000 frame .410's ordered Ordered late but production ended in 1988 Just how many of the 0000 frame guns were actually produced and assembled? As it is said " the thrill is in the hunt"!! |
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