Parker SB Trap Guns

[Austin W Hogan]

My 34 inch SC is .733 /.700 My SB was .731/.694. The SB was undoubtedly a 27 yard Handicap gun; there is a note about the pattern; 320 of No 71/2 at 40 yards.

Best, Austin

[Double Play]

Like Kurt and Dave my 34" SG, SC came to me with a loose rib. I thought at the time it was uncommon but now? That gun also had very long choke of .042. You just have to be patient and let the clays get out there a little and then turn them to dust.

[Autumn Daze]

I measured the bore on my 30" 1938 SC. It,s .729 with .038 of choke 5'' long

[Bill Murphy]

Kurt, Austin and I have both commented in the past about Parker competition guns that have bores larger than the nominal .729. The Parker order books are full of requests to make patterns tighter, clean up bores, you name it. Your gun could have been returned to PB to tighten the pattern. The easiest way for them to tighten the pattern is to enlarge the bore without enlarging the choke area. However, there seems to be some evidence that some singles were originally manufactured with large bores.