I finally received the DH from the auction house. I will post pics in a bit. I’m going to order the letter on it. Dean mentioned the serialization book lists it as a DHE, 32 in, single trigger, straight grip. It is marked DH but is indeed an ejector gun. Odd. From the R L next to the triggers, it appears it was converted from a single trigger to double triggers. The auction listed it with 30 inch barrels but apparently couldn’t use a tape measure. They are 32 inches with 3 inch chambers. The straight grip is original. The stock and forend are not. The stock is a very stout piece of timber, to put it mildly. The wrist area is about twice the circumference of an English game gun. LOP is a little over 14 inches to the Pachmyer pad. The forend looks very nice but is the most bastardized thing I’ve seen. The old splinter forend was glued into a larger piece of wood. It functions fine but bizarre. Atop the barrels sits a Simmons rib with Bradley beads. The engraving is crisp and looks fantastic. You couldn’t see that at first because the #2 receiver was black, and I mean black, with crud. Barrels are tight on the face with or without the forened, but loose on the hinge. Chokes are M and IM. Overall, it is one big beast of a Parker. It should make a decent clays gun. I’m taking it out tomorrow for a round or two of trap.
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