Unusual Single Barrel Trap

[Bindlestiff]

Here is one I never saw before, a 20ga SBT SC? The Parker Story doesn't have much info (from my very quick scan) about other than 12ga SBT's. I suspect that there aren't many 20ga SBT's out there.

I just looked at the latest flyer from Rock Island Auction Co. and saw that they will be selling one in September. This will be interesting to watch

[Jeff Christie]

There is an excellent article on Parker SBTs inthe Winter Volume of Double Gun Journal. The author relates there are 5 20 ga SBTs out there. It will be interesting to see what this one will bring at auction.

[Bill Murphy]

As I recall, The Parker Story does discuss the 20 gauge single traps.

[Bill Murphy]

As I recall, The Parker Story does discuss the 20 gauge single traps. A couple are identifed by serial number. Average 20 gauge singles are rarer than "just five". One of the 20s is a 34" gun and one is a Cutts gun. That leaves three standard singles in 20 gauge. There is some discussion that some if not all of the 20 gauge singles may be sleeved guns. At least one factory .410 Parker is a sleeved gun, so it is not hard to believe that one or more of the 20 gauge singles may be too.

[Bill Murphy]

The article Jeff refers to is in the Winter 2011 Double Gun Journal. It is authored by my shooting buddy and neighbor, Tom Breeden, who co-authored my article on John Phillip Sousa's famous Diamond Grade Daly single in the latest DGJ. For our information, there may be more twenty gauge Parker singles, since there are more than 3000 numbers missing from the stock books, right in the middle of the short period of known twenty gauge singles.

[6pt-Sika]

So then a Parker SB 20 gauge Trap may be more rare then an LC Smith double 8 gauge ?

Did Parker make many double 20 gauge Trap guns ?

[Bill Murphy]

Much scarcer than Smith eight gauges.

[charlie cleveland]

how many of them 20 gauges you got bill... this is new info for me i never new they made these guns in 20 ga..did they make the single barrel trap in any other small gauge... charlie

[Blind Dog]

Here's a couple of twenty doubles.

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie, don't know of any other smallbore Parker singles. I think you could make a ten if you had one that has a throwaway barrel.