Value of 12ga VH right now.

[Alfred Greeson]

Everyone needs a good boat anchor and you found a nice one. Enjoy, look at what you could spend on any number of new guns and then look at the classic you just bought and you just also bought a nice gun you can enjoy for years and pass it on down. You may want a high grade, we all do, but if you are like most of us, you will find that your boat anchor will often be the one that fits you best and performs great and you didn't break the bank to own it. Congrats!

[John Davis]

Joe, that's a really nice VH. Personally, I don't really worry too much about the chokes. For a gun I want to shoot, I'm much more concerned about the fit. Finding a gun with the correct dimensions for me is the real challenge. A gun that properly fits you will overcome any perceived choke problem. Just my two cents worth.

[Joe from MO]

Originally Posted by John Davis

Joe, that's a really nice VH. Personally, I don't really worry too much about the chokes. For a gun I want to shoot, I'm much more concerned about the fit. Finding a gun with the correct dimensions for me is the real challenge. A gun that properly fits you will overcome any perceived choke problem. Just my two cents worth.

The gun should work for me, I have others with very similar dimensions. And, if I worried that much about choke, I'd of waited to find exactly what I was looking for. A gun with M/F chokes is never a bad thing, especially if you plan to shoot sporting clays, and pheasants and other similar size game birds with it. I'll pattern the gun once I get it in my hands, as well as the Trojan I just picked up, just waiting to head up to my Cabin where I can have room to set it all up.

And, I love my 16 & 20ga guns, but in all honesty, is there really anything more versatile than a 12ga. Sorta like a 30-06, there are people who pass on them because of how common they are, but in reality it's one of the most versatile cartridges ever.

Can't wait to get it, should be here by end of next week, early the following.... Thanks for all the input from everyone.

[Bill Murphy]

A good friend of mine has bought or owned over 500 guns in the past several decades and has never paid a dime to any gun butcher to bore out chokes or chambers or to install screw in chokes. Why would he with hundreds of guns to pick from. One has to be perfect for the target at hand. He has saved enough money on gunsmithing to pay for a few dozen more guns. Leave the gun alone and learn to shoot.

[Joe from MO]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

A good friend of mine has bought or owned over 500 guns in the past several decades and has never paid a dime to any gun butcher to bore out chokes, chambers or to install screw in chokes. Why would he with hundreds of guns to pick from. One has to be perfect for the target at hand. He has saved enough money on gunsmithing to pay for a few dozen more guns. Leave the gun alone and learn to shoot.

Ok, I will try to learn how to shoot.

[mobirdhunter]

Joseph, I like the looks of your new Parker. I'll bet it serves you well in the coming years.