Defining a Parker Long Range shotgun

[Dean Romig]

Stan, a big, heavy, long barreled gun if fine for those birds you mention because you’re generally sitting or standing in one place and you don’t have to lug it uphill and down dale, across wooded and tangled slopes, through blackberry tangles and over blowdowns. Give me a 6 or 7 lb. Gun any say for this kind of work. I have a 9+ lb 10 gauge 3-frame D Lifter for turkeys if I want to use it but I’ll normally take my 12 ga. 2-frame 30” DH because it’s 7/12 lbs. I ofter sneak back into these covers before daylight and that’s over a mile in sometimes. That’s why I like a lighter gun.





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[mobirdhunter]

My Ithaca 10 Mag Is over 11 pounds and is a workout on a Fall turkey hunt. Most shots are aimed, but I did take a 57 step flying young turkey on the wing with it one Fall. Once you get it swinging, it keeps going, I will say that!

The world is a better place when there are some differences. This is a good example.

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

My Ithaca 10 Mag Is over 11 pounds and is a workout on a Fall turkey hunt. Most shots are aimed, but I did take a 57 step flying young turkey on the wing with it one Fall. Once you get it swinging, it keeps going, I will say that!

The world is a better place when there are some differences. This is a good example.

It's hard to stop a train! ;-)
Reminds me of a story.
I was at a pigeon shoot one weekend, in a little village in Old Mexico called Sacramento, as I recall. I think they called it El Champion Shoot, or sum sutch.
This particular shoot was a SxS shoot.
One of my crazier friends from back then, (I'll call him John) was shooting an 8 gauge SxS, and, after some persuasion, lent me the gun and 10 shells to shoot a 5 bird practice.
I don't remember much about the first 4, but the last bird sprang outta box 9 and sped away towards the right side of the back fence, like he needed to be somewhere!
The gun was slow to start, but I gave it a shove and it lumbered smoothly across the field, and past the fleeting bird. The right barrel discharged at almost the right time, and caused a large swarm of shot to cut feathers on his right side.
The bird, was infuriated, and swung a u-turn right at the fence, and commenced to charge the gun at high speed!
I left skid marks on the ground beneath me, as I slammed on the brakes, got her stopped, then muscled those huge barrels back in the new direction the bird had taken.
I managed to put the bead on the lips of the charging bird, and hit the 2nd trigger at just the right moment this time.
The devastation was epic! Looked like a pillow fight at mid-field! Imagine a full choked 8 gauge centering a pigeon at 20 or so yards.
I handed the big gun back to my friend and thanked him for the ride, while athletic young Mexicans cleaned up the mess.
The big gun kinda surprised me at how well it handled, in spite it's large frame, and long barrels. 36", as I recall. I think I was something like 3x5 with the big gun, on the practice, with the 8 ga. Yes, big guns are fun!
BTW, I did manage a 2nd place with a 32" Runge/Delgreco A-1 Special trap gun that I brought for the event, so it was a pretty good day for me.
The Parker Gun felt like a cue stick after shooting the 8 gauge, and earned me a few Pesos that day.