PHE 16 gauge 0 frame - what a grouse gun!

[SXS OHIO]

Hi Mike..you SXS is a very nice one! I have a 1925 PHE-16 26" parker steel barrels that has been correctly restored. Its choked 005/024, sk-2/lt full also a grouse gun for me. No-1 frame 6lb-10oz and is ballenced between the hands perfectly.....I paid 4175.00 and shes a keeper! My grouse dog is a gordon setter...Ruby who will be 2 on feb-5th.....(-:

[Marc Retallack]

Thanks Mike. That's the spitting image of an Erik Nording Freehand (also Danish) I had until recently. A Peterson Aran Fishtail and McClelland's Frog Morton typically find their way into my vest when I hit the water.

Beautiful gun by the way.

Cheers
Marcus

[OH Osthaus]

hey Mike - welcome to the board. Good to see you on here, Its a nice bunch of guys you will have fun.

By way of intro to the board- I got OH Osthaus though Mike's good graces, he will be a great addition to the group.

[Andy Kelley]

Mike you are living the american dream....great setters , GBE books , and a super Parker! My dog is from Decoverly with the same Ryman look as Old Hemlock. He is my best friend!

[John Taddeo]

Classic shotgun, classic setters, classic gamebird, wonderful americana here folks. Now why oh why did the 16 ever fall from the graces (rhetorical). Beautiful gun sir, and a joy in the covers im sure.

[Mills]

That is a beautiful gun. I have a 12 gauge PHE from about 2 years later that I love. Like yours, there are no factory records.

[Duckman]

Originally Posted by Mike Krol

Nope, Ben Wade, Denmark... Been my regular fishing pipe since I bought it in 1980, thought it added the right amount of Michael McIntosh flair to my meager photo composition skills .

Those are great photos Mike, don't sell yourself short. Also, give me a shout if you ever decide to remodel your kitchen. I don't have a 16 parker. Do have a smith and an A grade Fox though.
-plc-

[Harold Pickens]

Beautiful pictures--and now that grouse season is over in Ohio( ends today), I think I will re-read all my GBE books in order. My 78 yr old neighbor (looks 68 and is a good gunsmith with a machine shop in his basement) has a PH 20 that he got in trade for doing chores for a farmer when he was just a boy--he says that it was his first gun. I have hinted that the gu n needs to be used, but he doesn't appear to have any interest in selling.
The Old Hemlock line now resides in Monroe County, Ohio--just down the river from me. I hunted Monroe county for 2 straight days in great looking cover with 2 setters out, but moved only 1 bird in 2 days. Unfortunately, I decided to shoot and took the big cock bird with an old Fox Sterlingworth Co. 12 ga pin gun.

[C.O.B.]

Mike thats a great gun no doubt about it. Don't worry about what you paid for it as it really doesn't matter. Excellent books as well. Were you ever a member of the National Sporting Fraternity? Jim Rikhoff of Winchester Press started it and formed Amwell Press. I had their limited editions of GBE Grouse and Woodcock books that you have but sold them years ago for a gun safe

[chris dawe]

Love the gun and the pipe ...great stuff !!!