How old was you when you bought your first Parkers ?

[edgarspencer]

My dad had three Parkers when I was a kid. I would sneak out with the 16, up the outside basement stairs, hunt for 1-2 hours and get back before he got home. Always gave anything I bagged to an old guy down the road, mainly because I never came up with an answer to the inevitable question "How did you get that bird?"
Got my first VH20 from a neighbor when I was about 21. Had to trade a lot of my saltwater fishing tackle. Turns out, that gun was bought the same day as my dad's 20, at The PB factory. My dad's father's cousin took my dad, and the Cousin's wife's cousin, in his Pierce Arrow, from East Hampton, CT to Meriden.
Got it? Our family vet bought my dad's 20, and took it to CO. He offered to sell it back to me, but seems to think it's worth an AH price. I still have the 16 I covertly hunted with way back then.