.410 Parkers

[Researcher]

Curtiss may have been making reference to an actual Parker .410 "Skeet Gun" as being the first. Do we know if the Ithaca in reference was a true Skeet gun rather than simply a field grade?

Ithaca didn't actually catalog a "Skeet Gun" until their 1935 catalog, but they did advertise guns for Skeet as early as July 1926.

Skeet Gun Ad, National Sportsman, July 1926.jpg

But, from the get-go Winchester offered a Model 42 Skeet Gun --

Field & Stream, July 1933 pg 67.jpg

Field & Stream, July 1933 pg 68.jpg

[Researcher]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Thanks Dave -

I wonder if we can presume that instead of a pellet count where only full & full are written along with the fact that 3/8 oz. loads were used, that 100% of the pellets fell within the pattern circle?
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From the 23 various hang-tags I've collected pictures of, up through 223605 they have actual pellet counts. From 232902 on up they show the choke.

[Dean Romig]

Is it safe to presume they are other gauges besides the .410’s?





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[Researcher]

There are only three in addition to the .410-bore tag, 232902 a 12-gauge 2 5/8 inch Mod. & Full, 236030 a 20-gauge 2 3/4 inch Imp. Cyl. & Mod. and 240647 a 12-gauge 2 3/4 inch Mod. & Full.

I see the same thing on A.H. Fox hang-tags. Early tag have pellet counts and about WW-I they go to Full, Mod, Imp. Cyl. or Cyl.