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[EMcILHENNY]

I was thinking,not very hard,of buying a shooter.Your numerous comments have help me decide not to buy.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by Edmund McIlhenny

I was thinking,not very hard,of buying a shooter.Your numerous comments have help me decide not to buy.

Are you, by any chance, related to the famous Tabasco sauce folks down there? I put it on everything except Wheaties and ice cream- I would, in this open market, avoid ANY fine double with cut off barrels, no matter how much was cut- when there are numerous Parkers, etc on Guns International, Gun broker- etc-and a soft price market for the lower to middle grades.

It is not just the choke- it is the radius and taper originally bored into those barrels- and no "Briley tubes" can restore that- and Jess Briley is a master machinist and metal worker, as is Kirk Merrington.

I go back to the now late Ed Muderlak's sage words re: Parkers and other fine guns- also echoed by Larry Baer, Thomas Kidd and others- better to own a few unaltered and close to factory specs. guns than a rack full of "??"- hard to resell, if that scenario should ever come up.

IMO- anyone who takes a hacksaw to the barrels of ANY good grade double gun (The cowboy action redneck ilk non-withstanding) should be horse whipped in the public square and then dipped in Tabasco sauce and then sun-dried--:b igbye:

[EMcILHENNY]

I am.I live here at Avery Island.Our factory is here and has been since 1868.We are still family owned and run.My great grandfather,also named Edmund,was the inventor.Please use more of the sauce.I want to buy some more Parkers.I killed my first duck with a DHE 20.Shot at the lead Ring neck and hit the 5th in line .

[Old and Reliable]

I will admit, I have been tempted by Frank's RH sauce- but as I go by Francis here, and not Frances or Frank, I will stick with the Best--your product. I am a M12 man at heart, but do own and shoot 12 gauge Parkers and LC Smiths as well. I am also a blues (Mississippi Delta) and Cajun music man- I play guitar and also dobro- played for a Cajun dance with a new group last Saturday- after a great potluck- rice paliff, beans and rice, okra, turnip greens, three styles of jambalya, and in honor of the late Hank Williams, even crawfish pie. So the word about the great good things from the Pelican State has spread up Nawth--

I see quite a few "using Parkers" mainly 12 bores in my travels, so if you are looking for something, send me a PM here and if I can help you, I will be most pleased to do so.

I was 12 when I shot my first duck- My dad and grandfather gave me a 20 gauge Model 12 field gun- 28" mod for my 11th birthday (I still have it) Dad and I were in our canoe on the arm of a point jutting into Grass Lake, opening day morning in October- no decoys, I had a 3 shot plug in my 20- Dad had his 12 gauge Model 12 Tournament Grade 30" full solid rib and was sitting in the back seat.

Dawn came in on a pinkish blush in the East, the cloud cover was low, and I heard a "swissssh-" behind me- I brought up the M12- 5 bluewing teal were flying in line- like barnyard geese following their leader- I swung the muzzle a "mile to Mexico" ahead of the lead bird and hit the trigger, and the fourth bird in the "string" collapsed onto the choppy water- the other four were probably in Topeka when I recovered- Dad said to me: "Nice shooting, Son"- He never asked me which bird I had picked out either!

[Big D]

My first duck was also a ringneck Drake - Remmie 11-48 20 gauge with a pickle on the front end It's one of the few ducks I can still remember clearly. Taking my grandson out this Sunday for his second hunt. (Didn't shoot the first time.) Hopefully, his memories will be as vivid.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Edmund McIlhenny

I am.I live here at Avery Island.Our factory is here and has been since 1868.We are still family owned and run.My great grandfather,also named Edmund,was the inventor.Please use more of the sauce.I want to buy some more Parkers.I killed my first duck with a DHE 20.Shot at the lead Ring neck and hit the 5th in line .

Are you the Marine McIlhenny?

I visited your Avery Island plant a few years ago. What a wonderful place! I finally could buy a bottle of Tobasco sauce that was large enough to last me for a few months. You see I gob that stuff on nearly everything that I eat.

I was astounded by the beauty and birds on Avery Island. Just wonderful. Keep making your wonderful sauce. Without it I'd starve.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

Are you the Marine McIlhenny?

I visited your Avery Island plant a few years ago. What a wonderful place! I finally could buy a bottle of Tobasco sauce that was large enough to last me for a few months. You see I gob that stuff on nearly everything that I eat.

I was astounded by the beauty and birds on Avery Island. Just wonderful. Keep making your wonderful sauce. Without it I'd starve.

-- We tried to get Tabasco sauce for the k-rats "In country"- because, if you sprinkled it on anything in a can- then spread it on your "John Wayne" crackers- you knew it was OK to eat- as the heat "burned off" any bad microbes, etc. However, the Gooks had an item called "Nuke-Mon'-- canned fish gust and birds eyes I guess- you would have to cover that crap with an ocean of Tabasco to make it edible- maybe??

[Bruce Day]

Ed, Francis is trying to say that cut barrels substantially destroy the collector market aspects of Parkers unless there are significantly extenuating circumstances. And that there are lots of uncut barrel alternatives in the present market at reasonable prices. There are plenty of cut barrel Parkers that are well used and well appreciated by their owners for open choke shooting; quail, grouse, woodcock, close in ducks, that sort of thing.

So if that is what you are looking for, a cut barrel Parker is not a bad idea, and you may have guests that need a borrowed gun, and why not?

If you need a long range fowler, there are plenty of full choke guns available, also at reasonable prices, and they won't be a "but" gun. Your area and island down there has a rich tradition of fine Parkers and fine fowling. Love to see some photos.

[Holeshot]

Just shot some spreaders today. Right barrel IC and left Full. Only used spreaders on stations 1-2 6-7 doubles. I had patterned the gun with spreaders in both barrels. The IC barrel never impressed me but the full did. Regular shells in the IC and spreaders in the full.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by David Holes

Just shot some spreaders today. Right barrel IC and left Full. Only used spreaders on stations 1-2 6-7 doubles. I had patterned the gun with spreaders in both barrels. The IC barrel never impressed me but the full did. Regular shells in the IC and spreaders in the full.

Did you roll your own spreaders, or buy them?