What do I have?

[Bill Faulk]

Hi Dee,
The Texas SXS Club is having a shoot at the Dallas Gun Club on August 13.Good people,good targets,good lunch and lots of Parkers.Just show up,you will be welcome...Bill Faulk

[DeAn Durham]

Why thank you! I just may have to do that. Keep me posted when it gets closer to that time so that I don't forget. If it's not happening in the next hour or even minute, I usually forget.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by Dee Durham

I really appreciate the offers to help from you and everyone else. I, like you, do not know about the why/why not to restore reasons either. When I originally posted here, I had not a clue of what I was holding in my hand, now that I do know what I have, I don't know what to do with it.....so right now I'm at the point of LOL! I am genuinely grateful to each and everyone here and their willingness to help a complete stranger.

-- All the response to your posts and your genuine interest in learning about this fine older 16 CHE Parker that belonged to your late Grandfather-- I find myself in agreement with Bill M. here- i would leave it as is, have a good Parker gunsmith check it over before you shoot it with light loads (RST or other premium shells made for older guns)- and all the responses your initial thread have generated here are again proof of the spirit of PGCA and our rapid growth in new memberships each year. Enjoy, and I hope you can attend the TX clays event later on.

[DeAn Durham]

I wanted to share with everyone another shotgun that was with my great grandfather's other guns. I am going to have the gentleman that took this picture take some of my old parker, as is, and will post them when they are done. They will be a better quality picture than what I had taken previously and I can assure you they will show it's true beauty and character.

[Richard Flanders]

I like your computer-kick boxing comment. Reminded me of this pic I took after my computer told me, "You want to run format C? No. We don't do that any more".... I proved it wrong....

And Dee: I used to have an American Arms dbl gun just like your last picture above.

[ch]

Richard where did you get that rubber deal on your handle I'm always chewing up axe and sledge hammer handles. ch

[Richard Flanders]

The local true value hardware store carries them. They sure save a lot of handles. You can also just use a properly sized piece of heavy rubber hose.

[Dean Romig]

I eliminated the problem on my splitting maul by welding a 2" ID X 32" length of pipe in place of a wooden handle.

[charlie cleveland]

my dad took my brother and i out to the job site left us with uor dinner and a jug of water...our jobs were cutting up old car bodys with a axe...my brother was a real life character....he took that axe and said watch this he broke that axe handle clean out on the first lick...we sure did have a fine day of just goofing around for that was the only axe we hadfor work... at about 5.00 that evening our dad came to pick us up he asked us how our day went we told him fine exceptwe had broke the axe handle but we did not tell him till years later that johney had broke it out on purpose... our dad never said much on the way home ..the next morning he carried us back to the same job site.. out he came with the same axe we had broke the handle out of the evening before except it was wearing a brand new steel handle in it...my dad said boys if you break this handle i will put another one in just like it...he left and we went to work we tried breaking that handle out but never did..... charlie

[DeAn Durham]

I just wanted to say hello to everyone here and let ya'll know that I still have my old Parker and we are still kicking here in Texas. Miss you guys!!!!