Sporting Clays

[Ed Blake]

That's all I use. Parker's can break clays with the best of the P, B, and K crowd. Go to the Vintagers or the Southern and see what they can do.

[Holeshot]

Cleaning the black powder residue out of them old twist barrels is enough to make me start drinking.

[Andros Theophanous]

Ya I shoot my Parker at the skeet range fairly often. My parker shoots a 43/50 average destroying clays But I defiantly have to agree sxs's are a rarity at the clay range, most clay shooters use semi's or over unders. But probaly the most well seasoned shooters are the wones who shoot sidebysides, my shooting buddy shoots an old lefever 12 gauge and oviously the Parker is the king. But other than me and my buddy their are only a handful of side-by-side shooters.

PS If anyone of you guys shoot a Parker hammer gun at thunder mountain skeet range(nj) I wanna put a face to the legend.

[charlie cleveland]

always run a lite load smokeless thru her for the last shot .. then shes easyily cleaned... charlie

[Christopher Piercey]

Next time! I believe there's another in September

[edgarspencer]

I shoot either my DHE 16, with 30" tubes, or my 28" BHE12. The BHE is more open, but I can do equally well (or poorly, depending on one's perspective) with either. The 16 (1 frame ) gets hotter, but I pour a little cold water down each tube once or twice through the 100 round course.

[Autumn Daze]

With the gun open or closed....

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I pour a little cold water down each tube once or twice.

Ya, I did that once... involuntarily... while duck hunting in water over my head...

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Christopher Piercey

Next time! I believe there's another in September

Chris, please join us in late September at Addieville East Farms in Mapleville RI for the annual Vintage Cup where virtually everyone will be shooting SXS guns.

[edgarspencer]

Yes Rich. I only use Poland Springs water in my guns. First time I saw it being done, I was a little skeptical, but as it was being done by a guy who has more years in the gun business than most, and all top shelf stuff, I figured it couldn't hurt (and doesn't).
Though not often, I've shot either SC or trap with my W&C Scott and that gets too hot to handle after 12-15 shots, even with a leather fore end extension.