Parkers at the gunshow

[Milton C Starr]

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.

My first Parker I got from Josh Loew honestly if it wasnt for him willing to work with a young guy on getting his first Parker I was starting to think it wasnt meant to be. I have looked at old auctions from the 90s or early 2000s the price I seen some nice functional 8 gauge doubles go for makes me slighly sad haha.