One owner Parker

[Richard Flanders]

Good story Bill. Thanks. Our second family Parker could be a one owner gun but I doubt it. My brother has it. It's a 30" 2-frame VH12 with a very crude chainsaw job replacement stock and, thanks to me, the top rib separated on both sides for over 2" at the breech end. I used to reload very short light loads with my grandfathers old Winchester reloading kit and try to wingshoot sparrows in the hay fields in summer. I was about 14 at the time. One day the rib separated when I shot and rung my ears pretty good when it opened up at the breech a tad. I've never understood why it let loose but was/am glad I didn't have a full power load in there! My loads were about 2-1/4" long and very light and I'm very sure I didn't over load a shell; there just wasn't room to do so. It's never been fixed and I doubt ever will be. None of us has a clue from where or when my grandfather acquired it.