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...