What did you add to your Parker collection in 2018?

[Tom Hawkins]

I bought a 16 gauge 26 inch hammer gun that had been sleeved to steel really cheap. The stock was a poor replacement. Since the barrels were sleeved, I decided to restock and dress the gun up as a modern shooter. I have spent many hours replacing the stock with a nice piece of walnut that is almost finished. The stock is bedded and a skeletal butt plate has been added. The drops fit me well and the gun should shoot any load. The chokes are modified and improve modified. I plan on using it for quail, dove and pheasant. It balances on the hinge pin and feels nice to swing. While it is not original, It will be a nice, light, steel barreled hammer gun.

[charlie cleveland]

sounds like a really fine bird gun to me...show us some pictures when you are done with the stock work.....charlie

[Reggie B]

Yes pics please!!

[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

take up less space in the safe, thereby allowing more room for more Parker sixteens...





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I'm not sure how they take up less space but I can roll with that I was fortunate two years ago and got a grade 3 with 30 inch barrels at the Southern. I also have a lifter and a 32 incher along with an English gun with a Jones underlever......yup I love 16 bore hammer guns

[Tom Hawkins]

Here is a picture of the sleeved 16 gauge hammer gun. The fore end needs cleaned and finished. The trigger guard needs a little work for final fitting. The skeletal butt plate screws are fit but the slots need final work. The stock will have more coats of finish.

[Joe Graziano]

Tom, that is gorgeous. Oh man. My dream gun.

[stumpstalker]

Originally Posted by Robin Lewis

Somehow this seems appropriate here ......:


After the honeymoon, Tom was welding some stuff in the garage for fun.

His new wife was standing there by the bench watching him.

After a long period of silence she finally said: "Honey, I've just been thinking; now that we are married, maybe you don't need to spend so much of your time out here in your garage and could consider selling some of your machinery and stuff … like your gun collection, fishing gear, boat, and lose all those stupid model airplanes. And sell that vintage hot rod sports car, and dump that home brewing kit"

Tom got a horrified look on his face and silently stared at her. She said, "Darling, what's wrong?"

He replied, "Nothing … but for a minute there, you were starting to sound like my ex-wife."

"Ex-wife!?" she screamed, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!"

Tom replied, “I wasn’t..."

“She raised herself on an elbow and looked down at me. I could see the shine of her eyes but I couldn’t read her expression. “Do you have something against marriage?” “For two people in a hundred it’s wonderful. The rest just work at it. After twenty years all the guy has left is a work bench in the garage. American girls are terrific” .—Raymond Chandler, THE LONG GOODBYE

(substitute loading bench for work bench)

[Bill Murphy]

Tom, do you know who sleeved your hammer gun?

[George "Scott" Davis]

Started 2018 with the misguided idea I needed fewer firearms, I failed!!! I gave two rifles to my great grandson; 1878 Trapdoor Springfield and my father's single shot .22. I also sold two guns a beautiful L.C. Smith 12 gauge and a A.J. Aubry 12 gauge. However I added a long barreled 45 Colt Bisley, 1967 12 gauge Browning Superposed 28 barrels (Skeet & Skeet) with tubes for 410, 28 and 20. In the 1990s I had a 12 gauge Fox restocked and totally redone, I sold the gun to a dear friend with the condition I could repurchase if he ever decided to sell, bought the gun back in November and still can't believe I ever sold the gun. It just crushes the bird on our sporting clays course. Finally I purchased a 1892 GH 12 gauge and had it redone used it on sharptail in Montana.
2019 I'm going to sell at least two guns! Currently the two leading candidates are 2 SBTs; L. C. Smith and Ithaca.

[Tom Hawkins]

Bill,
The gun came from an elderly gentleman that had shot it for years. He was a much shorter man that needed less drop than me. The flats are marked sleeved and it is a quality job and has 2 3/4" chambers with fishtail top lever on a 0 frame. He had shot light and heavy loads through it. I don't know much else except it has been a fun project. My hope is to finish it in time to hunt the last weekend of the Kansas season with it.