Hey there

[C.O.B.]

The DelGrego's put BTF on quite a few guns, the forarm lug is the only way I know of to ID it as Parker. Either way it will make for a great field gun and will become a family heirloom to pass on to future generations.

Some day I'll add a M42 solid rib skeet gun to the family. I have a 42 I use for rabbit hunting when not using a 22LR. One of my goals for next fall is to shoot a deer with a M94 I have in 38-55.

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You mean like this, C.O.B.?

One of my favorite guns, I have more fun with that on the skeet field than the law should allow. It really upsets Kreighoff 12 ga shooters no end to get bested by the little sweetheart. It's a skeet choke but not a skeet grade 42. It's a deluxe field grade, a lot people get confused with the skeet choke marking on the barrel. The deluxe field grade (with the nicer wood and checkered grip and fore arm) was available in all chokes. A true "skeet grade" had a little better grade of wood and the word skeet stamped on the underside above the serial number on the magazine tube.

The 38-55 is a great caliber and will do a nice job of bringing down a deer. My wife's 92 is in 25-35 and kills a buck about every year with one shot, as does my 94 in 30-30. Of course it helps that we wear old "woolrich" woolens and don't get in tree stands. We're sort of old school.

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[C.O.B.]

Yup exactly like that one. I had a solid rib skeet that was upgraded with #5 engraving and very nice wood but I let it go to someone who wanted it more than I did at the time.