Parker Skeet Gun ?

[Dave Miles]

Are Parker skeet guns marked as such?
If not, how do you know it's a skeet gun?
What determines if it's a skeet gun or not?
Thanks, Dave

[Reggie B]

Some will argue that a "true" Parker skeet gun will have "skeet in"/skeet/out" on the barrel flats. There have been other Parker skeet guns without those markings that were named as a skeet gun in research letters. And then you have those guns with skeet gun configurations but with other chokes such as IC/Mod or some other choke restrictions.

[B. Dudley]

https://parkerguns.org/forums/showth...light=Skeet-IN

[Dave Miles]

Thanks for the info Guys.

[B. Dudley]

For example,
I own a VHE 26” with single trigger, and beavertail forend. It is a straight grip with a dogs head buttplate. The Remington IBM card calls it out as a “skeet special” but it is choked Mod and Mod.

No skeet chokes and no checkered butt. But it has everything else.

[Researcher]

A magazine ad October 1933, Field & Stream --

.410-bore Skeet Gun ad October 1933, Field & Stream cropped.jpg

Some Remington era catalog descriptions 1937 --

Parker Skeet Gun, May 17, 1937, grip styles underlined.jpg

1938 --

Parker Skeet Gun 1938 catalog.jpg

From the 1939 Skeet & Trap equipment catalog --

SKEET GUNS 1939.jpg

From a Remington Skeet Gun folder --

Parker Skeet Gun, Remington Skeet Gun Folder.jpeg

[Dylan Rhodes]

interestingly, the 1932 brochure from Parker titled "For your best scores at Skeet shoot a Parker" has only two guns listed in it. VHE and a Trojan, the options in their entirety are listed but it does not point the reader in any specific direction.

The 1932 .410 bore skeet brochure only mentions VHE, that special boring that was developed and 3" shell compatibility. It goes on to state that you can have the gun made to your specifications. The image shows a half pistol grip, ST, and BTFE.

[Drew Hause]

Trojan Skeet. February 1937

[James L. Martin]

Since a Remington model 32 skeet gun was in the same ad as a Parker skeet gun ,I thought I'd show my 100% original model 32 skeet.

[Researcher]

The 1932 .410 bore skeet brochure only mentions VHE, that special boring that was developed and 3" shell compatibility. It goes on to state that you can have the gun made to your specifications. The image shows a half pistol grip, ST, and BTFE.

The 3-inch .410-bore shell wasn't introduced until mid-1933 with the Winchester Model 42. I suppose industry insiders beyond Winchester/Western may have known it was coming.