what was your first parker

[Marty K.]

Ok...It was 1979 after I got married and got my first lab.... Somehow my Ithaca Model 37 20 gauge just didn't seem quite right for shooting upland birds...I recall Gene Hill having something to do with that thinking,...anyway there she was a 16 VH for,.. huh? $900 ...a bit over priced but I had to have it...after having it a short time I bulged the right barrel with an unseen dose of snow while chasing pheasants.....OH NO! ...sent it up to Lee Center (Lefever Arms) to fix and thought while they had it why not refinish the stock?...well it came back with perfect barrels but a completely blonde stock...and I didn't know at the time who could fix it.....the gun never was the same for me....but I do have a great picture of "Robbie, two woodcock and my "first Parker" and haven't had one refinished since........