Opinions, please.

[John Truitt]

Dean,

I don't know how you regulate/ enforce the rules. But those guns are out there and being used. Ask Pete Lester. He had to compete against a very good shooter using a British 10 ga rechambered to 12 ga.( I am sorry I cannot find his thread. He mentions the gun and shooter with respect and no complaints. I am using this as a reference that the guns are out there in vintage shoots)

there are several shooters who are in favor of this type of "modification". Look up Cyril Adams. Many trap shooters are having custom 12 ga guns made with 775 bores.

I am curious to see the opinions out there on this. I have considered a project for myself involving a 20 ga hammer gun. But before spending big bucks want to see how it would be perceived, as you say, be in good form or not. (I like the way you stated that BTW )

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by John Truitt

Dean,

I don't know how you regulate/ enforce the rules. But those guns are out there and being used. Ask Pete Lester. He had to compete against a very good shooter using a British 10 ga rechambered to 12 ga.( I am sorry I cannot find his thread. He mentions the gun and shooter with respect and no complaints. I am using this as a reference that the guns are out there in vintage shoots)

You have a good memory John. That was a couple of years ago. It was a british double gun with 10ga bores and 12ga chambers. I think was I using my GHE Skeet that day or possibly a favored VH, both 12's, either way I was not out gunned that day I was just plain out shot. The winning shooter was Mal MacGregor and when he is on his game it doesn't matter what he is shooting.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

The winning shooter was Mal MacGregor and when he is on his game it doesn't matter what he is shooting.

.....or who he is shooting against!

[Mills]

Screw in chokes ruin a perfectly good excuse to get another gun to change chokes

[Mills]

If the project is well done like Ed's, I would see no problem with it.

The original Parker barrel makers were pretty skilled at working with bores and chokes to maximize performance. Note the recent article in DGJ about some 12 gauges with 11 gauge bores. Finding someone today who is also skilled with barrels seems to me to be no problem and probably what the old gun deserves

[charlie cleveland]

interesting discusion you boys got here...charlie

[Chris T.]

It becomes a slippery slope when you start changing the rules to allow certain modifications and not others, unfortunately the choices are probably going to come down to all or nothing. If we start picking apart our friends and competitors guns to see if they are sleeved, re-chambered, over bored etc., there will be more grumpy faces and less happy ones.

[John Truitt]

Chris,

I agree.

There is some discussion of some new shoots that will be coming up in later 2014 that would allow tube sets/ etc.

I see the plus and minuses of each. IMO we have to obey the rule listed for each shoot and respect those rules. However no one has addressed in those rules a gun that is permanently rechambered. All other rules have been directed towards removable devices.

I think we all stand in agreement regarding tube sets/ gauge mates/ etc.

[Autumn Daze]

Just my two cents worth here....I feel shooters should be required to use a gun as it was originally configured for each gauge event. If I wanted to be using race guns I would hang around with the over/under crowd.

But I do think that Parker Reproductions should be allowed in vintage events. After all they are configured the same as originals. But....fixed choke guns only.

I think an original Parker might have a slight advantage here over the Repro's because of original Parker chokes.

[Jeff Christie]

What about a vintage gun with extra barrel(s)?