The Parker I used on this hunt was a 1902 3 frame 12 gauge DH with 32" barrels. The gun moves very smoothly. The first group of brant that came in on us landed outside of the decoys at about 60 yards. After a few minutes the guide said that someone was going to have to scare them off or all the birds coming in would go to them. As one of the other guys stood up and started yelling and waving his arms they got up; when they did I picked one out and killed him cleanly with the Bismuth rounds I was shooting. As long as it was not raining I would shoot the Parker, if the weather turned bad I would switch to the Beretta Extrema. And to your point, I was very careful about cleaning and oiling my Parker daily. I made several very long shots and in fact as a group of brant came over I reached out and took two with one shot. I can say that all of the sporting clays I've been shooting has really helped me understand where to put the gun, which is very pleasing when you go that far and spend the money it takes to do this. It was a trip to remember.
I've included a picture of the "lodge" that we stayed which was a converted administration building at a defunct fish hatchery, my brother holding the double bander that he shot with me behind him and some misc pictures of some brant and emperors. Neat, wild and remote place.
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