Older 12 gauge DHE

[B. Dudley]

There is a lot in Johnson's book that is not accurate. The 18 to 4 parts reduction was taken from a letter that Hayes Wrote to Parker Management concerning a prototype he made for a revised cocking mechanism in the Parker gun. However, the change was never implemented into production. That is where Johnson got it wrong.

Johnson's book was the first about Parkers and is a good read, however it cannot be counted on as fact in a long of areas.

If you would like to read my article on James Hayes and his prototype guns, you can contact. DGJ directly for a copy. I also need to write up a condensed version of the same article for our own Parker Pages, but I have not found the time.

[William Davis]

Two very similar guns is a good idea. Time and money spent on events or hunting trips best to have a back up gun. Lets you use the 2nd as a loaner or bad weather gun too. Came back from the Southern with a GH that's almost identical to my VH. Fox Sterlingworth Pin gun that had been my back up will rotate out of the line up. After the stocks were bent all 3 guns are so close after a few shots you forget which one you are shooting.

On tight chokes and spreaders. Average clays course is going to have long and short targets. I keep about 1/3 spreader loads 2/3 regular loads in a divided pouch. Coming up to a station if the target looks shorter than a skeet target pull out a spreader. If longer use the regular 7/8 oz shell.

Loading spreaders is real simple, Use a different color shell so you don't mix them up. Red AA's for regular shells Green STS for the spreaders. 7/8 oz shot 7/8 oz cup in the AA's. 1 oz cup 7/8 oz shot and poly wad insert for the STS shells. Everything else is the same.

Trojan and DH about perfect.

Bill