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Unread 08-11-2018, 05:57 PM   #1
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Hoping to get a few fall turkeys in a couple months. I’ve managed two birds with a VH 16 and a 1878 12.
Hey Fred I have 12088, made in 1878 also. Is your serial number close to that?

Daniel what you need is a Parker 10 gauge known as the Short Ten. It chambers a 2 7/8” shell and kills anything with feathers out to 50 yards and beyond. Find one built on a 2 frame with 28” or 30” barrels and you’ll have about an 8 1/2 pound gun. Throw a leather sling on it and you can carry it all day long. Lots of guys on here use them and Mississippi patina just makes em look better. I had mine down there when I turkeyed around with Charlie and it didn’t hurt it one bit. Or hell, be like Charlie and use an 8 gauge 8-)
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Mike, mine is 51965, shoots like a dream, one of my favorite grouse guns
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Mike, mine is 51965, shoots like a dream, one of my favorite grouse guns
Fred I was referring to the gun you said was from 1878. You might be looking at the patent date on the forend latch.
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Mike, my mistake , so with the 51 thousand serial number what would be the correct model designation be ?? According to the serial # the gun was built in 1887.

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Hey Fred I have 12088, made in 1878 also. Is your serial number close to that?

Daniel what you need is a Parker 10 gauge known as the Short Ten. It chambers a 2 7/8” shell and kills anything with feathers out to 50 yards and beyond. Find one built on a 2 frame with 28” or 30” barrels and you’ll have about an 8 1/2 pound gun. Throw a leather sling on it and you can carry it all day long. Lots of guys on here use them and Mississippi patina just makes em look better. I had mine down there when I turkeyed around with Charlie and it didn’t hurt it one bit. Or hell, be like Charlie and use an 8 gauge 8-)
This years Gobbler using RST 5’s, using the gun mike just described!!
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This years Gobbler using RST 5’s, using the gun mike just described!!

Awesome!!
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Awesome!!
Thanks, that gun is short 10 #5395, and is the first known exposed hinge pin Parker! $125 grade, lifter in original condition.
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Thanks, that gun is short 10 #5395, and is the first known exposed hinge pin Parker! $125 grade, lifter in original condition.
Really!! That is cool. I think I recall you mentioning something like that before. Is it noted that way in the records?
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