Which 20ga to get?

[Jreed]

Need some opinions. I have been looking for my My son (10 yr old) his first Parker. I have found a 20ga VH in pretty good shape with 0 frame, 2-3/4 chambers 28in barrels, and a 20ga reproduction DHE 26" barrels straight stock with hard case within a couple of hundred bucks of each other. Which would you choose? The old original or the newer higher grade reproduction?

[Keavin Nelson]

It would depend on stock dimensions and fit for him. Although at 10 years old, hard to predict.
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Does he like a straight stock?

[Jreed]

He honestly doesn't care about the stock configuration. The original VH does have a shorter stock (13-5/8) which would fit him better now, but he's growing fast!

[Steiner]

I’d buy them both and which ever one works best for him for fit, recoil, etc. I’d keep and sell the other one. (Or keep it) If I had to choose 1 for a youngster I’d probably go with the repro for less concern about the bumps and bruises it might get and concerns re:maintenance/repairs. I don’t think there is a wrong answer.

[Jreed]

I wish I could afford both but unfortunately cannot.

[Jreed]

My gut says original, but when you think about durability and able to shoot a bigger variety of ammo as he gets older, the repro makes more sense.

[Keavin Nelson]

the repros are very nice durible guns. Stocks can be altered, for now and future. And it is fancier than a VH. But fit is important for ypung folks starting out.

[Wild Skies]

David Trevallion, one of the most respected names in the doublegun business of our time, opined this: "Parker Reproduction guns were in every respect equal - if not superior - to the originals." Show your boy good pictures of both guns and let him make his own decision.

[Dean Romig]

But the VH will digest about anything you can feed it and all you need to do is lengthen the chambers 1/8 inch… or lengthen the forcing cones and leave the chambers where they are.





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[Mills]

Personally, I would pick the VH for being an original Parker