Greetings from the Land of Lincoln

[Bill Faulk]

Hi Mike,
All three of my Parkers are tight and tighter..
I use the Spreader loads from RST or Polywad in 2.5" length.
They work just fine on anytarget or bird under 20 yards in #8 or #7.5s.
Bill

[StubTwist]

Do you reload?

Just get Polywad spreader inserts one gauge smaller than the shell intended. For your 16 order the 20 gauge inserts.

I use Polywad for my mod / extra full 12 gauge to shoot skeet, sporting clays, in the field, and works great.

My opinion... Keep the bores original.

http://www.polywad.com/spredr-inserts.html

[Jim DiSpagno]

You will devalue the gun with respects to the original configuration. That gun would letter to those specific chokes IF the records exist. Any Parker in the original configuration is surely worth more than one that has been altered with the exception of alterations/additions done at the Parker or subsequent Remington plant. If you are going to keep this gun for a very long time, then by all means, do what you think is best for you, but keep in mind that you would be better off going in an alternate direction. Just my humble opinion. Congratulations and good luck with your new Parker. This is an addiction. Jim