New DHE Trap Gun

Tom Flanigan · 03-29-2019, 10:21 AM

I just bought the highest condition Parker I have ever purchased. It is a 1928 DHE trap gun and is a true closet gun with all the extras except for monte carlo. I bought the gun for my great friend Mark. He shoots trap with me every week and he needed a trap gun. He was shooting my field PH, a high condition gun in its own right.

I have known Mark since he was born. His family owns a large farm that I have hunted on since I was a kid. I was very close with his grandfather and father, both deceased. The property is contiguous to Governor Dewey’s farm and his grandfather ran Dapplemere farm for Dewey and was one of his closest friends. Dewey loved his Pawling farm and lived there until he died of a heart attack in 1981. I gave Mark’s father a Parker and Mark now has it.

Mark and I will be planting the farm this year with sorghum for the pheasants. We’ll plow, disc and seed in May.

Alfred Greeson · 03-29-2019, 10:41 AM

Good story with a great friend, that's what life is all about. Let us know how he shoots with it.

Richard Flanders · 03-29-2019, 01:21 PM

THAT Tom is true friendship. Hats off to you.

mobirdhunter · 03-31-2019, 09:49 AM

Tom, your friend is obviously lucky, and not because he’s being gifted a wonderful gun. It also sounds like you’ve received a fine gift yourself.

Tom Flanigan · 04-01-2019, 11:38 AM

I appreciate the kind responses. My friendship with Mark's family goes back generations. Mark is also the best Piper Cub pilot I know. I enjoyed flying with him in his Cub. If you can fly a cub, you can fly almost anything.

The DHE trap gun fits Mark perfectly. We shot this weekend and he had his highest score with the new gun. We set up a trap range on the property, but we also shoot the local clubs. It gave me great pleasure to see him shoot the gun so well. I taught him to hunt when he was a kid and was with him when he killed his first deer. He'll be hunting ducks and birds with me this fall. I am generally a lone hunter, but I consider Mark another son and will take him everywhere with me in the fall. I took him into the Great Swamp with me recently and we saw well over 200 ducks, most of them woodies which have returned in great numbers.