Is it a trap gun?

[B. Dudley]

Does yours have a BTFE by chance? I do not think that Parker ever had an actual "Trap" gun. They just had "trap" features that could be ordered on normal guns. Things like long barrels, BTFE (or Trap forend) and Vent ribs are popular add ons for "trap" guns.

The above is the case for earlier guns, however I think I may have seen something about a buttplate that Parker put out that was marked with "trap" on some of the later guns. Is this the case?

[Duckman]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Does yours have a BTFE by chance? I do not think that Parker ever had an actual "Trap" gun. They just had "trap" features that could be ordered on normal guns. Things like long barrels, BTFE (or Trap forend) and Vent ribs are popular add ons for "trap" guns.

The above is the case for earlier guns, however I think I may have seen something about a buttplate that Parker put out that was marked with "trap" on some of the later guns. Is this the case?

Some info I left out. Gun is a 1 1/2 frame, solid rib I would call swamped or dished. Double triggers and splinter forend. When I put this gun to my shoulder it (at least for me) stacks the two white beads and shows some rib just about like my old M12 trap gun which has the MC stock and duckbill rib.
Can't wait to shoot it.
Will do pictures later on.

[Bill Murphy]

Brian, the "Trap Gun" buttplate was from the hammer gun era, not used in later guns. The "Trap Gun" of later times is shown in the 1937 Remington-Parker catalog. This is their actual trap gun with all the features, not just add ons. I am not sure if the "Trap Gun" was mentioned in earlier pocket catalogs. Mr. Clark's gun is a normal field style Parker missing the features of a double trap. With the straight stock, it could have easily been ordered by a trapshooter to shoot his game, either competitively or casually. It is in the serial number range when fully optioned trap guns were made.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

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Brian
The Trap butt plate was a creation for HD Folsom and was pre-1900 or thereabouts.
its in TPS and there was a PP article as well.
However, i have a Folsom that was SUPPOSED to have a trap butt plate according to the order book but in fact doesn't.
Go figure.