I don't have any .410 Parkers though I recently tried a set of 000-frame .410 ejector barrels on my 00-frame VHE 28 gauge but they couldn't be made to fit...
But, my preference in 20 gauge and 28 gauge Parkers is 26" or 28" barrels. I do understand that at today's retail market values, the longer barreled guns bring a premium but hey don't turn me on enough to buy one with 30"+ barrel length. I'm done buying Parkers to just sit in the safe or be on display just to collect dust. I use all of my Parkers and there are only two that I never fired... but they no longer live here.
I'll shoot a 26" or 28" gun in 20 or 28 gauge and be very happy doing it and I don't see how longer barrels would help me to kill any more grouse or woodcock.... and I shoot well enough on a sporting clays course or Skeet field to keep me from wishing my barrels were longer.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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