New Galazan guns

[Ed Blake]

So what is that gun in the back of the catalog that looks like a K80? I can't find it on the website.

[6pt-Sika]

Don't get me wrong I like my Parker's Smith's and Fox's as well as a number of english and continetal guns .

But the Remington 32 , Krieghoff K-32 and K-80 are the epitome of target/bird O/U's . Now with that being said I like my Superposed Brownings and I am sure a Purdy or Boss O/U is the figurative pooh . But for the life of me I've never owned handled or fired a gun on the skeet/trap fields that felt as good as a 32 or 80 .

[Bill Zachow]

Bill, good luck with it when you get one. It's probably just me, but I never cared for the 21, even as a side by side. Too heavy, even in the smaller gauges. Now a nice svelte 8 gauge Parker with 36" barrels is something else........

[Bill Murphy]

Bill, it's all in how we grow up. I bought my first Parker when I was 14. I became trapped in the shooting, hunting, outdoor culture. Our local Western Auto dealer lived at the top of our hill, was a good friend of my Dad's. I bought all of my fishing and bicycle stuff at his store from the time I was about eight years old. One Saturday, my Dad and I were in the store and Mr. Rhinehart gave me a 1955 Winchester catalog, the big red and yellow one. I still have the catalog, which was my dream book when I was growing up. The price list for that catalog convinced me that Model 21s were for the super elite, but I still dogeared the catalog, even to this day. Oddly, just a few years later, my Dad and I would share in the purchase of a cased pair of 12 and 20 gauge Model 21s, located in a classified ad in the Washington Post. I hunted with the 12 gauge all through my last year of high school, through college, and finally traded it for a Parker single a few years later. That 12 gauge 21 didn't have a stitch of blue on it from the trigger to midway up the forend. I had hunted with that gun, shot skeet, trap, you name it, for just about eight years when it went away. By that time, I had a good selection of Parkers, but have never been without a 21 either. My Dad's 20 gauge is still here, along with a few more.

[Big D]

OK here are pix of my new Inverness 20. Case colored, standard wood, 15" LOP. Got the cast off my hand yesterday - will shoot it on Sunday. sorry for the poor quality pix. Taken in the man cave

[Bill Murphy]

John, how did the special order stock length come about? Can anyone do that?

[Big D]

Bill - I dunno. 15" is noted on the spec sheet - no charge indicated. The order was placed nearly two years ago. Hell, I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. I would have opted for whatever length I could get. As I said, I'm tall and longer stocks feel more comfortable to me. It has a thin orange rubber pad that isn't my favorite, but then again, it ain't a bespoke Purdey. My RBL had the longer stock option also.

[Paul Stafford III]

I just had one of those and the A-10 in my hands at the Shot Show, very well made guns. I'm sure your going to love it.

[Bill Murphy]

John, I seem to recall seeing a late Inverness with a brown or black pad. I'll remember what you said about putting little add ons on the order sheet. Mine came in about 14 1/2, which is fine.

[Big D]

Opened mine up yesterday to disable the automatic safety. Everything inside seems tidy, but what do I know. I pull the trigger, most of the targets fall down. Isn't that why I bought it?