Parker GH 12 gauge circa 1891 BLOODED

[6pt-sika]

Finalized a deal today on a Parker GH 12 gauge 28" Damascus gun that was made in 1891 . Should be able to pick this one up tomorrow or at the latest Monday . Then I can get some pics up !

Gun has 28" uncut Damascus barrels that are IC and very light M . Gun also has plates on both sides the PG from a nasty break many many years ago .

[6pt-sika]

I think if this one does well with my handloaded , 0 Buck loads it may become my #1 deer buckshot gun .

[6pt-sika]

[6pt-sika]

Skeleton buttplate , this isn't standard equipment on a GH grade Parker . Unless it was special ordered this wasn't the norm until one got into the DH grade .



This is the plate on one side and there's an identical plate on the other side . The only real perversion on this gun !

[6pt-sika]

Couple pics I missed before

Other side of the stock repair and whats called a "fishtail lever" !

[gamekeeper]

Thanks for the photos and congratulations on another Parker, interesting repair.

[6pt-sika]

Hopefully I'll get a chance next week to take this old bird out and try it with handloaded 0 Buck and handloaded home cast Lyman Sabot slugs .

Loaded up four rounds of buckshot . To get 12 #0 pellets in the case I had to use Remington SP12 wads .

With the Lyman slugs I usef Claybusters knockoff version of the WAA12 wad .

Am using the same charge of SR7625 for both .

I might add with the buckshot I used a brass 9mm case and put 5 scoops of Winchester Grex buffer in each shell .
The Grex has been a slight benefit to my 10 gauge loads , so I assume it may very well help these 12 gauge loads .

I might also try the buckshot using the WAA12 wad with 12 pellets and also with 9 pellets . We shall see !

[6pt-sika]

It is my intention to take a pattern of buck from the right barrel , then a pattern from the left barrel and then a pattern from both barrels fired at the same target .

I also wanna shoot three slugs from the right barrel on the same target , then try three slugs from the left barrel together and finally I wanna shoot a right and left barrel to see how close the two barrels do .

In the past with my other 12 gauge guns I've not had the best success with the right and left barrels being closer then3-4" at 25 yards . Usually one barrel will pretty much be dead on and the other off a bit although good enough usually to kill a deer at 25 yards .

Anyway if this gun does as the others have it may go out this year with a slug in one barrel and buck in the other !

[6pt-sika]

I made it to the range this AM and tried the GH 12 gauge with my homemade Lyman Sabot slugs and some handloaded 0 Buckshot .

First up a right and left with the slugs .



I thought they were a bit low then thought to look closer at the front bead .



So when I fired the next three rounds from the right barrel instead of sitting the black dot on top of the bead I set the bead on top the black dot so to speak .



Then the three from the left .



I thought the old gun did very well with homemade slugs as long as they were fired from the same barrel be it right or left .

Then I tried handloaded 0 Buckshot .

The right !



The left .



And finally a right and left of buckshot .



I think the old gun is going to be fine with the slugs although I wanna try them at fifty yards . And I might possibly put a smaller bead on the front . I think the buckshot will be better with a little elevation by using the smaller bead .

[6pt-sika]

The barrels seem to be regulated to cross a bit farther then 25 yards . I suspect they're regulated for about 35-40 yards . Next trip I'll see as I plan to shoot the slugs at 50 yards . And I would suspect the right barrel slugs to hit a hair to the left of the bull and the left slugs to be a hair to the right . See if I can't get six or eight more loaded and try them thursday or friday !

[6pt-sika]

I suspect this gun and the 1884 Parker hammer 10 gauge will be going with me to my annual Horshoe Skeet Club Christmas Luncheon and Skeet shoot !

Since my shooting buddy Bill passed I only make it to Horsheoe once or twice a year . But for the past 5 or so years I go down there and cook fresh venison tenderloin with green peppers and onions .

[Bill in Oregon]

6-Pt, you certainly know how to make an old double lover drool.
What is the weight of your buckshot charge and what is the weight of your saboted slug? If you could find a round ball or slug that closely matches the weight and velocity of your buckshot charge, I think you would find your barrels putting the slugs much closer together.

[6pt-sika]

6-Pt, you certainly know how to make an old double lover drool.
What is the weight of your buckshot charge and what is the weight of your saboted slug? If you could find a round ball or slug that closely matches the weight and velocity of your buckshot charge, I think you would find your barrels putting the slugs much closer together.

The buckshot load is 12 of the 0 Buck and the Lyman slug is I think 525 grains . Both are in the 1 1/4 - 1 3/8 range .

I think the barrels will probably cross at 35-40 yards .

Oh yeah I still very much NEED a Parker EH hammerless 10 gauge . Actually I'd like two one on a #2 frame and another on a #3 frame .

[6pt-sika]

Hunted with some friends in the adjacent county today .

Today and yesterday we did man drives pretty much the entire day !

On the second or third drive today I had an unfortunate fellow tip toe in my direction !

And I gave him the what for at 25-28 yards . At the boom of the gun he was DRT !

Used a Lyman home cast slug in a Claybuster AA12 wad .

The slug !



The deer is the white spot in front of me , I am sitting on the same log taking the pic that I was sitting when I fired at the deer .

[plowboy 45]

Good shootin
Been a long time since I deer hunted with a shotgun

[Griff]

[Nath]

Hey you got three deer!

Well done, impressive. Can't be many using old sxs to take deer with these days.

Did you say what powder?

N.

[6pt-sika]

Hey you got three deer!

Well done, impressive. Can't be many using old sxs to take deer with these days.

Did you say what powder?

N.

SR7625

[Nath]

Hey you got three deer!

Well done, impressive. Can't be many using old sxs to take deer with these days.

Did you say what powder?

N.

SR7625

Not familiar, where does that fall close to? Herco?

N.

[Rusty]

Congratulations!

[BC in TN]

An awesome post, shotgun and hunt!

[6pt-sika]

Hey you got three deer!

Well done, impressive. Can't be many using old sxs to take deer with these days.

Did you say what powder?

N.

SR7625

Not familiar, where does that fall close to? Herco?

N.

Dunno , but it really makes no difference as they've quit making:/selling/importing SR7625 . I happen to have ten or twelve pounds of it so my 10 , 12 , 16 , 20 and 28 gauge guns can be fed for awhile .