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Unread 01-30-2023, 09:49 AM   #1
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My bucket list includes an O frame 16 ejector gun 26" barrels for grouse (yes, short barrels). I don't care if the wood is rotted off, I would have a stock made to my dimensions. I have two O frame 16's, and they are just the bomb. My 28g Repro was the worst Parker I ever owned so I sold that and am going to a 28g O/U instead if I want that gauge. I am pretty wedded to 16g with hand loaded 16's in RST hulls 1 oz #8 and Longshot powder. When the kids are out of college maybe that 28g Parker will show up
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My bucket list includes an O frame 16 ejector gun 26" barrels for grouse (yes, short barrels). I don't care if the wood is rotted off, I would have a stock made to my dimensions. I have two O frame 16's, and they are just the bomb. My 28g Repro was the worst Parker I ever owned so I sold that and am going to a 28g O/U instead if I want that gauge. I am pretty wedded to 16g with hand loaded 16's in RST hulls 1 oz #8 and Longshot powder. When the kids are out of college maybe that 28g Parker will show up
Andy, if you wait that long and continue to shoot a 28 O/U, your eyes will have moved, one over the other, by the time your kids are out of college. If God had intended us to shoot an O/U, he’d have made our eyes that way. (BTW, he shoots a straight/splinter, two trigger Parker with 26” barrels…)
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Andy, if you wait that long and continue to shoot a 28 O/U, your eyes will have moved, one over the other, by the time your kids are out of college. If God had intended us to shoot an O/U, he’d have made our eyes that way. (BTW, he shoots a straight/splinter, two trigger Parker with 26” barrels…)
I've been told that Garry but my eyes are still horizontal!! I have two Italian guns coming, both O/U but that doesn't take anything away from my love of Parkers. In my mind, whether they are up and down or side to side you just cannot have too many. A friend of mine a few weeks ago said, "You should just buy one gun and shoot it, you don't need a bunch." Now what the hell kind of crappy advice is that!!!
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I've been told that Garry but my eyes are still horizontal!! I have two Italian guns coming, both O/U but that doesn't take anything away from my love of Parkers. In my mind, whether they are up and down or side to side you just cannot have too many. A friend of mine a few weeks ago said, "You should just buy one gun and shoot it, you don't need a bunch." Now what the hell kind of crappy advice is that!!!
Andy, Nobody needs that kind of negativity in their life. Haha. I’ve got a CH 0 frame with Damascus 26” barrels and it’s a joy to carry in the grouse woods. I carried a VHE 16 with 28” barrels for quail in Kansas this year and loved it. As I was typing this I realized it was the gun I shot with you at Haussman’s last year.
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I've been told that Garry but my eyes are still horizontal!! I have two Italian guns coming, both O/U but that doesn't take anything away from my love of Parkers. In my mind, whether they are up and down or side to side you just cannot have too many. A friend of mine a few weeks ago said, "You should just buy one gun and shoot it, you don't need a bunch." Now what the hell kind of crappy advice is that!!!
That was spoken by a man that probably shoots an 1100. Poor advise indeed!
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That was spoken by a man that probably shoots an 1100. Poor advise indeed!
OMG he shoots an 1100! Hahahahah
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Hope I didnt forget any:
VH 16 1 frame 28"
GH 16 O frame 27" damascus
DHE 16 O frame 26" steel
Grade O 16 ga hammer gun w/ 26" Twist
PH 16 O 16 w/ 28" Twist
Lefever G 16 28" damascus
Ithaca 4E 28"
Fox A 16 28"
Fox SW 16 26.5 (cut)
Fox SW Deluxe 16 28"
German Hammer 16 30" cyl/F sub 6 lbs
Fair Rizzini 600 16 ga OU w/ 28"& choke tubes
I shot nothing but 16's for years, but now really liking 20's and my little Dickinson 30" 28
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Hope I didnt forget any:
VH 16 1 frame 28"
GH 16 O frame 27" damascus
DHE 16 O frame 26" steel
Grade O 16 ga hammer gun w/ 26" Twist
PH 16 O 16 w/ 28" Twist
Lefever G 16 28" damascus
Ithaca 4E 28"
Fox A 16 28"
Fox SW 16 26.5 (cut)
Fox SW Deluxe 16 28"
German Hammer 16 30" cyl/F sub 6 lbs
Fair Rizzini 600 16 ga OU w/ 28"& choke tubes
I shot nothing but 16's for years, but now really liking 20's and my little Dickinson 30" 28
You listed the one I have wanted since I discovered Parkers; DHE, 16 GA, O frame, 26" steel barrels.
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Nah, William, you wouldn't want this old thing.
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Nah, William, you wouldn't want this old thing.
Probably not Harold, but just in case send the dog and gun just to make certain! An English Setter and a 16GA Parker best in the field.
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