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I’d laid off buying and actually had been liquidating . But I’ve also been on the look out for Parker 16 hammer and hammerless as well as a 20 hammerless all with 32” barrels. Someone messaged me yesterday on another forum and offered me a Parker DH 16 gauge with a 32” barrels on a rather rare (for a 16) #2 frame . Hopefully the gun will be in my hands next week by Friday or the following Monday . FWIW they only made about 60 DH/DHE 16’s with 32” barrels and it’s probably safe to assume 2/3’s to 3/4’s of them were on #1 frames . Well of course I have a three day refusal , but I’ve seen plenty pics , the Parker letter and the stock dimensions match my regular SxS competition guns . So I suspect if it makes it to me and UPS doesn’t screw up the guns found a new home .
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The guy that’s selling it to me couldn’t tell me points of constriction in the barrels (my gauge will measure it upon arrival) . But judging by the thickness of the barrels at the muzzle end it’s safe to assume it’ll be tight . Very good for reaching targets , little less than optimum for the closer ones . But that’s part of the game shooting vintage events .
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I think that if I could only have one shotgun that Parker 16 gauge would cover all my needs for a scattergun. Always liked the 16 as a all rounder.... :mrgreen:
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Well ya fell off the wagon sure but ya didn't land in a cow pie! What a nice find. Im sure its as nice in person as it looks, more pics asap!
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Stunningly good looker! 8)
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My shotgun taste is pure hillbilly; whatever Mossberg 500 or Remington 870 I get a good deal on, with a magazine as long as the barrel. Maybe splurge on a Saiga. Dream of a Benelli.

HOWEVER - a gun like that Parker could just about turn me around....! :D NICE find.
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Very nice. I dont have alot of knowledge on Parkers, but I would think any shotgun with a 32" barrel the choke would be at least FULL.
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A sixteen is hard to beat. And as the old timers often said about it: "Swings like a 20; hits like a 12!"
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horsesoldier03 wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:27 pm Very nice. I dont have alot of knowledge on Parkers, but I would think any shotgun with a 32" barrel the choke would be at least FULL.
I shoot hammer and hammerless in 10 , 12 and 16 as well as hammerless in 20 , 28 and 410 . All those guns are M&F or F&F . And I usually do pretty well in each event at the vintage shoots .
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Beautiful gun 6pt!
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Gun showed up today !

Paperwork is done sent in and approved so it'll go home with me today and be taken to the local sporting clays course thursday . Gun honestly looks better than I anticipated .
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6pt-sika wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:54 pm I’d laid off buying and actually had been liquidating . But I’ve also been on the look out for Parker 16 hammer and hammerless as well as a 20 hammerless all with 32” barrels. Someone messaged me yesterday on another forum and offered me a Parker DH 16 gauge with a 32” barrels on a rather rare (for a 16) #2 frame . Hopefully the gun will be in my hands next week by Friday or the following Monday . FWIW they only made about 60 DH/DHE 16’s with 32” barrels and it’s probably safe to assume 2/3’s to 3/4’s of them were on #1 frames . Well of course I have a three day refusal , but I’ve seen plenty pics , the Parker letter and the stock dimensions match my regular SxS competition guns . So I suspect if it makes it to me and UPS doesn’t screw up the guns found a new home . C25451D2-D414-4648-BB8C-16A94416AB3C.jpeg6DB51632-5527-4ABC-873A-137664F42136.jpegBA735434-E7BD-4F4E-B37C-FB7AD55ADC7E.jpeg90AA916B-28FC-488F-B442-995D35DE09CC.jpeg1180BFB7-2DA5-471F-B4A8-AEF3DBF182F7.jpeg309B9B3C-A345-4375-85A7-785F7BA92439.jpeg9FE83FB8-E3CD-4647-B275-2351F7DA235D.jpegA7D37B09-C0FC-4E8F-A8F4-E2983B337536.jpeg58B6AEF6-559D-4D2C-B879-BF0F775E641A.jpeg
Hey 6pt! I have that exact same buttplate on a Rolling Block Sporting Rifle I built! A friend gave it to me, and had no idea what it was taken from? Gotta be from the same gun as yours as it's identical in every way!

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marlinman93 wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:30 pm
6pt-sika wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:54 pm I’d laid off buying and actually had been liquidating . But I’ve also been on the look out for Parker 16 hammer and hammerless as well as a 20 hammerless all with 32” barrels. Someone messaged me yesterday on another forum and offered me a Parker DH 16 gauge with a 32” barrels on a rather rare (for a 16) #2 frame . Hopefully the gun will be in my hands next week by Friday or the following Monday . FWIW they only made about 60 DH/DHE 16’s with 32” barrels and it’s probably safe to assume 2/3’s to 3/4’s of them were on #1 frames . Well of course I have a three day refusal , but I’ve seen plenty pics , the Parker letter and the stock dimensions match my regular SxS competition guns . So I suspect if it makes it to me and UPS doesn’t screw up the guns found a new home . C25451D2-D414-4648-BB8C-16A94416AB3C.jpeg6DB51632-5527-4ABC-873A-137664F42136.jpegBA735434-E7BD-4F4E-B37C-FB7AD55ADC7E.jpeg90AA916B-28FC-488F-B442-995D35DE09CC.jpeg1180BFB7-2DA5-471F-B4A8-AEF3DBF182F7.jpeg309B9B3C-A345-4375-85A7-785F7BA92439.jpeg9FE83FB8-E3CD-4647-B275-2351F7DA235D.jpegA7D37B09-C0FC-4E8F-A8F4-E2983B337536.jpeg58B6AEF6-559D-4D2C-B879-BF0F775E641A.jpeg
Hey 6pt! I have that exact same buttplate on a Rolling Block Sporting Rifle I built! A friend gave it to me, and had no idea what it was taken from? Gotta be from the same gun as yours as it's identical in every way!

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Few pics after I arrived at home ! Tried two shells on high flying tree limbs with satisfying results . This gun is quite thick in the chamber end of the barrels and the muzzle end is far from paper thin :wink:
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That'll do just fine! Another great find 6pt!
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Very nice :mrgreen: I like the top lever position when closed too, must be well on the face. 8)
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gamekeeper wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 6:02 am Very nice :mrgreen: I like the top lever position when closed too, must be well on the face. 8)
Yes I noticed that when I put it together slightly right of center , almost always a good sign . I think later today I’ll get the micrometer bore gauge out and see how much constriction are in both barrels , very thick at the muzzle so I suspect they should be 25 points or more atleast . But the proof will be Thursday whether I can break targets with it or not hit my backside with both hands :lol:
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I bought a bore micrometer from a gentleman on another forum two or so months ago and now have arbors for 10 , 12 , 16 and 20 . The thing was made by “100 Straight Products” in Sturgis SD . Anyway I just measured the bore and choke in both my present Parker VH 16 gauge 30” and this new to me Parker DH 16 gauge 32” . Amazingly nominal bore diameter in all four barrels measured .665” ! The VH has 30 points in the right and 35 in the left while the DH has 40 points in both barrels . That gun if I’m able to do my part should roll targets up at a pretty decent distance and of course I’ll need to pay attention in close LOL’s !
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40 thou in both barrels!! Any targets you hit are gonna be puffs of smoke- satisfying to smoke em.
Thats a trap/pigeon gun for sure!
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GunnyMack wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 6:55 pm 40 thou in both barrels!! Any targets you hit are gonna be puffs of smoke- satisfying to smoke em.
Thats a trap/pigeon gun for sure!
It’s 1 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 14 1/2 if memory serves . It’s stocked a skoosh higher than the gun I shot pigeons with this summer .
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I shot the DH 16 32” 2 frame today and yes I can break targets with it . But I can’t play around with it , it’s choked tight enough that the A Game is needed especially on close ones . Anyway it’s staying for a few years unless of course they need to plant me . Now if I could find a VH/VHE or DH/DHE 20 gauge 32” F&F on a 1 frame dare I say with 2 7/8” chambers . But an 0 frame would be fine as well . Oh yeah failed to mention the 16 32” letters with factory cut 2 7/8” chambers which I find very odd .
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hfcable wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:53 pm this is what you really need:

https://www.proxibid.com/INVESTMENT-QUA ... n/64419229
Me thinks that’s the same one they’ve been trying to sell for a couple years now . Think it was listed on GunsInternational for something like 70K and it was at one of the big auctions houses atleast one other time in the last 18 months . Don’t get me wrong I’d love to have it but I’m pretty sure the reserve is going to be maybe double the starting bid . I can’t afford the starting bid so you know the reserves out of the question .
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Congrats...very nice indeed
but clearly, you need to see a doctor....
You have PARKERsons disease...haha :wink:
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6pt-sika wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:52 pm
hfcable wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:53 pm this is what you really need:

https://www.proxibid.com/INVESTMENT-QUA ... n/64419229
Me thinks that’s the same one they’ve been trying to sell for a couple years now . Think it was listed on GunsInternational for something like 70K and it was at one of the big auctions houses atleast one other time in the last 18 months . Don’t get me wrong I’d love to have it but I’m pretty sure the reserve is going to be maybe double the starting bid . I can’t afford the starting bid so you know the reserves out of the question .

i remember back in '88 when the market crashed on 'black thursday' and every one panicked , and about that time the estate of the former preesident of parker collectors association, came up at auctions. [ / Herzog , might have been his name /] anyway, his mint condition high grade 8 gauge, went begging and i think sold for less than 4000$

i wanted it badly but my spouse at that time would have divorced me. considering that we got divorced later anyway, i should have bought the parker.
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Mighta been a little later unless I’m mistaken the organization didn’t start until 1990 .
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you are probably right : )
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