Family Heirloom - Parker DH?

[Spin Drift]

I wonder how it is choked with those long barrels. Smart money would be on Full/Full but I'm betting on cylinder/cylinder for elusive grouse in a redwood forest.

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[Jeff P]

Beautiful !

And with a title like this, can't believe no one has asked yet !

Are you adopting!

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[Eldon Goddard]

If that is the first shotgun. I am interested to know what is the other you are trying to learn about?

[Nathan Hocking]

There are indeed two fore-ends for the "Parker DHE 34 straight grip" (thanks everyone for the great info!!). However, unfortunately we only have one set of barrels. It obviously came with two sets because of the two fore ends (only one of which fits the current barrel set). Also, my dad told me that he remembers his dad taking some guns to get blued when he was a kid (so in the late 60s, early 70s), which would explain the blueing on the ejectors for the first shotgun.

Here are some pictures of the second shotgun. We also have some "paperwork" that came with the trojan, as well as an issue of a 1965 guns and ammo magazine that my grandfather saved since it was about Parker Shotguns and he owned two of them. Will post those in a second. Hope you all enjoy seeing this stuff!

[Nathan Hocking]

Originally Posted by Michael Moffa

I wonder how it is choked with those long barrels. Smart money would be on Full/Full but I'm betting on cylinder/cylinder for elusive grouse in a redwood forest.

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Not sure, but the shotguns would have been used (probably almost exclusively) to hunt mallard ducks in the state of Maine.

[Nathan Hocking]

My grandpa was meticulously organized, and had a file with information from the Parker Trojan. These old notecards are pretty cool, and I am guessing probably fairly rare.

[Nathan Hocking]

An issue of G&A with an article on Parker Shotguns that my grandpa saved and filed away in a folder. Obviously he saved it because he owned two Parker Shotguns.

[Nathan Hocking]

Originally Posted by Brett Hoop

Do yourself a favor and join and become a member- it saves money on the letter you should look into obtaining. And the quarterly magazine Parker Pages is very well done and always informative .

I'll look into it. Is there a thread on the forum that talks about the details of membership? What is the letter you are recommending obtaining? Thanks!!

[Harold Pickens]

The hang tags are a great extra to have with your gun. Some even sell the hang tags they find and try to reconnect them with the gun owner. I have the hang tags for my VH 16 1 frame. To have the hang tags from the DHE would really be something

[Researcher]

Very nice Trojan. How wonderful to still have the original hang tags with the gun. Interesting that the hang-tag for this 1924 vintage, 2-frame, 12-gauge, says "Use Shells...2 5/8...Long" and that it was targeted with a 1 1/8 ounce load. A load of 1 1/8 ounce of #7 Tatham Chilled Shot goes 336 pellets -- 225/336 = 67%, 250/336 = 74.4%.

I have saved pictures of other 12-gauge hang-tags that show "Use Shells,,,2 3/4...Long" and were targeted with 1 1/4 ounce of #7 1/2 Tatham chilled shot which would be 431 pellets.

I have saved another 12-gauge hang tag of 1929 vintage that says "Use Shells...2 5/8....Long" but it is for a much lighter weight gun.