40 inch barrels

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

BTW I have one of Daryls guns, a 36" DHE 12 ga.

That sounds very nice Randy, will it be along in Sanford in a couple weeks?

Probably not Stan, It's not made for Sanford type targets. I have shot some sporting clays with it but mostly wobble trap.

[Stan Hoover]

Sounds like beautiful gun there Randy, would enjoy seeing it someday.

[Mills]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Mills, Daryl would have been more than happy to have you heft it and swing it.





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I did not know Daryl well, but remember him offering any assistance he could give when I bought my 8 gauge. I could tell he was a good guy

[Dean Romig]

He was a super good guy! Smoked like a chimney but a great friend. Fun to talk with too - very big into airplanes and was very involved with Penn Yan Aero.





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[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts

Probably not Stan, It's not made for Sanford type targets. I have shot some sporting clays with it but mostly wobble trap.

Bring it to Rock Mountain ! Mikey has a wobblyde bird event I think ! Is it a 3 frame ?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

BTW I have one of Daryls guns, a 36" DHE 12 ga.

That sounds very nice Randy, will it be along in Sanford in a couple weeks?

Is that bad boy on a 3 frame ?

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Is that bad boy on a 3 frame ?

I only wish but it's not.

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

The 8ga is very nice. Built in 1919 a year after the 8 was outlawed for waterfowl hunting which begs the question what was it intended for?

Craig, stop and think for a minute. The 8 was outlawed in 1918, for ducks. That does not mean it was not used long after that, for ducks. Remembering the outlawing of lead shot for ducks, I can assure you that it was used many years after that, and may even continue to be, for ducks. Parker had no responsibility for how the guns were used, legal or illegal.

SRH

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Craig, stop and think for a minute. The 8 was outlawed in 1918, for ducks. That does not mean it was not used long after that, for ducks. Remembering the outlawing of lead shot for ducks, I can assure you that it was used many years after that, and may even continue to be, for ducks. Parker had no responsibility for how the guns were used, legal or illegal.

SRH

Heck the PH 8 I have according to the Parker letter wasn’t even ordered for waterfowl ! A lumber company in the panhandle of FL ordered it for buckshot . I “assume” to shoot gators and possibly black bear as again i “assume” that was before the black bear subspecies there was endangered .

[Hammer Gun]

The sixteen gauge A1-SPL is a good looking gun but the min wall thickness .010, .011 would make it un shootable to me, maybe it is a typo error ? Gary