Single barrel trap

[Stepmac]

This is the under barrel table of the SBT.

[Bill Murphy]

When my single barrels are sold, I hope "they" refer to me as a tycoon.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

When my single barrels are sold, I hope "they" refer to me as a tycoon.

Okay. You're a tycoon. Now you can live in peace.

[Stepmac]

Welp, I've just joined the association.

Went to the store where my GH is on lay-away. I'll pick it up on the 15th. Say, I studied the engraving. I was expecting to see a Smoe like bird, but, while a little hard to see due to grime, the engraved bird looks like it is laying flat on the ground dead!!! Did someone at Parker have a sense of humor? Or am I going blind?

Bore is mirror.

I'm excited.

[Bindlestiff]

Steve, when you get her home post some pictures, I would love to see that bird!

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Robin Lewis

Steve, when you get her home post some pictures, I would love to see that bird!

I'll post a pic as soon as I can, but it'll be a week or two. I'm excited as a kid waiting for Christmas. Isn't that great! I'm old. I think that one should be making payments for a new Parker continously! Since they are expensive you'd get one new gun a year.

The trouble is I'm getting so old that when I pass a cemetery I feel homesick.

Steve
Here's another pic of my SBT. This is a SBT thread after all!

[Stepmac]

I promise to no long post out of focus pictures. Using a different and better camera now than I was using when I snapped this one.

When I bought this gun is was totally covered with a thin coat of orange rust. I very lightly touched the surface with Liquid Wrench soaked 0000 steel wool and you can see what happened. I have not worked the metal any harder than that, so there is some blemish mixed with case color. I'm not going to removed either. There is some pitting on the barrel and rib, most on the rib, but the gun is as it will remain. I love the silvery slate gray/blue of the tube, which is 32 inches long.

How does my SBT stack up with others?

Steve

[Stepmac]

Concerning the engraving on my SBT. I have seen this heart motif (on the underside of the receiver in front of the trigger guard) on Parkers before. Probably the same engraver. However I have not seen so much shading. The engraving seems almost bold as opposed to feathery with fine detail. However the shading makes the work immediately easy to see at first glance and is pleasing.

[Dean Romig]

Steve, first let me say "Welcome to the PGCA!"

Your SC's engraving is very similar to the engraving on a lot of the other SC's we see.
I'm surprised it came out as well as it did, considering the fine rust and 0000 steel wool.... Very Nice!

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Steve, first let me say "Welcome to the PGCA!"

Your SC's engraving is very similar to the engraving on a lot of the other SC's we see.
I'm surprised it came out as well as it did, considering the fine rust and 0000 steel wool.... Very Nice!

Thank you very much.

If you look closely you can see some scaring caused by the rust. Looks like the gun had smallpox. I worked very slowly not wanting to remove the case colors, which are pretty bright. 40%? Liquid Wrench does a pretty good job of penetrating the rust and lifting it off. The steel wool just brushes it away.

I have the original Silvers pad, which was smashed flat and flaking away. The replacement Silvers pad must look like the old one, when it was new.

Beaver tail forearm must be a replacement. I read that Parker did that, and I've seen splinter forearms on SBT guns. Nor do the wood colors match very well. Way off actually.

Not sure what to do about the chip missing from along side the lower tang. It's almost 2" long, but it's not that wide, so I think I'll let it be. It is an old gun after all.

SM