As most everyone knows, the game of Skeet was developed in Andover, MA in the late teens into the twenties and was originally called "clock shooting". In 1926 William Harnden Foster, editor and publisher of The National Sportsman and Hunting and Fishing magazines put an ad for a contest for a new name for the game with a $100 prize to go to the person who sent in the name that would be chosen.
Parker (Remington Arms) finally adopted the name of "Skeet Gun" as Bruce points out, in 1936. But Parker Bros was producing Skeet configured guns well before '36 and there are several examples out there.
Refer to my article in the Autumn 2017 Issue of Parker Pages, "The Elliot's Twenty-bore Parker Bros. Skeet Gun" It was a DHE with 26" barrels, BTFE, SST, twin beads, and choked for Skeet targets. Certainly intentionally ordered for upland game as well as the game of Skeet - which the Elliot family excelled at. The serial number is 236162 which was made prior to Remington Arms purchase of the Parker Gun works.
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