Parkers at the gunshow

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by todd allen

My first Parker came from a gun show. (mid 1980s) Amidst all of the modern/black guns, there was a table where a family was disposing of the late grandfathers relics.
I had no real knowledge of the Parker gun, other than name recognition, but I was an upland hunter who preferred a SxS.
I don't remember anything about the rest of the stuff on the table, but an old, dark Parker 12 was there, and I kinda liked it, despite the clearly marked Damascus warning on the rib.
When I mentioned the Damascus thing, the kid said give me $250.00, and it's yours. Turns out I now owned a pretty nice G grade with 30" BBLs.
That's where and how it started with me, the rest of the story will be for another time.

Todd, you were smarter than I. And now I think of all of the really nice, and very affordable at the time, composite barreled doubles I saw for sale when I first started looking to shoot a side-by-side. All I read said to not shoot them. Ah, hindsight...

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Todd, you were smarter than I. And now I think of all of the really nice, and very affordable at the time, composite barreled doubles I saw for sale when I first started looking to shoot a side-by-side. All I read said to not shoot them. Ah, hindsight...

Well, I had already been consorting with mad scientists in the dubious practice of shooting ancient guns and breaking with the ban on Damascus.
Sorcery at the loading table had already produced some low pressure loads to feed a very early LC Smith, and I hadn't lost any fingers yet, so the "G" got a little use.
I loved the Parker "G", and would have stopped there, but the dimensions didn't really work for me, and then just like that: Another one came along. This time with perfect dimensions, and then, next thing you know, I was a Parker collector. Even though I didn't know it at the time.