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Originally Posted by Jon Weber
A friend and I were discussing the nuances and such about Parker skeet guns. It seems we don't know much about them other than they are probably pretty darned good skeet "shooters." Doesn't seem to be much he could find in his Parker books or sources either.
Can anyone out there give a rundown on these guns? Or maybe there is some info already on this forum, etc.?
Were there graded skeet guns other than V? What denoted a Skeet Gun? Percentage? ?????
Sure would appreciate some scholarly help and education.
Thanks,
Jon
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Parker Skeet Gun are great guns for skeet, sporting clays and upland hunting. Parker's skeet guns from the 1930's have some unique features. Most of them will have 26" barrels, double ivory beads, BTFE, straight grip, checked butt (V & G grade), single selective trigger, with ejectors. I am aware a few factory P/G stocked skeet guns exist.
The barrel flats will be stamped "Skeet In" and "Skeet Out", a skeet gun will also be the reverse of normal choking for a double with the tighter barrel (Skeet Out) on the right and the more open barrel "Skeet In" on the left. I believe that is because the first shot in skeet is a high house going away from post 1. The safety is usually non automatic on a skeet gun.
I think most of them were built on the anticipation of a sale rather than ordered (mine sat in the Parker warehouse for a year before it sold during the Depression), most seem to be V grade. I have a 12ga G and I have seen a D grade for sale. Larry DelGrego & Son produced a lot (possibly more than the number of originals) of Skeet gun upgrades including stamping the barrel flats "Skeet In" and "Skeet Out".
PS. There is a one of the kind, prototype, Trojan grade Skeet gun in the Remington Arms museum in Ilion NY.
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