prophet river firearms and parker shotguns

First one
1928 vh grade 28" bbl F & m
It fits perfectly with my others as far as chokes
One of my others vhe grade 30" extra full and extra full 1928
Gh 26" bbl imp mod & light mod
My 12 ga guns are covered
The other i brought home 16 ga vh grade full& mod
I have a ph grade 20 ga already
I'm very pleased with my hunting Parker's
Not likely to ever own sb28 ga unless I win a lot
The 12 ga came with a Boyt case very cool
 
Does anyone have a clean and concise chart of the letter system used by parker. I know the numbers refer to frame size but then they add the alphabet and even names to some
 
Prophet River said:
anytime. BTW, I can verify, no Invincible grades here. ;)
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Not to step on anyone's toes but Parker's really aren't my thing. I can appreciate the history and the quality but I find the hinge pin set up horrible to look at. I find the English and the spanish sxs much nicer to look at and I seem to shoot them better. The stock drop seems to fit me more than the American style
 
brybenn said:
Not to step on anyone's toes but Parker's really aren't my thing. I can appreciate the history and the quality but I find the hinge pin set up horrible to look at. I find the English and the spanish sxs much nicer to look at and I seem to shoot them better. The stock drop seems to fit me more than the American style
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Parkers aren't an English Best........but they are Americana at its finest.

Think GM/Ford versus Aston martin or Bentley.

Not for everyone.

I love American shotguns. I also own a couple pretty serious English guns. If I could only keep 1-2 they would be American.
 
I have an Ithaca 4e trap gun that I'd love to get a 4e sxs to match but I'd need to have it restocked. The drop is way to low for me on their doubles. I can shoot Parker's but they really force me to adapt to them. It's not as natural. I can respect them for what they are. Now seeing the chart posted I have a better understanding for the grading system. I've noticed prices are all over the map. Some think because it's old and a big name it's worth big money. I've seen beat up Trojans that ppl were asking 2 grand for and I've seen some highly embleshished guns for not much more. Seeing a large lot listed in one place such as prophet river helps give an accurate idea of worth and market value here.
If it was an estate they took on someone had dedication and a love of Parker's that's for sure
 
I went thru most of them and prices very greatly condition of some certainly do not match the price I believe prophet river lets the owner set prices so pricing could be off in either direction
I picked basically the nicest one of the lot and it was under valued a bit even for Canada
 
sillymike said:
Got to handle a Parker reproduction 20ga. 26"
- I thought it shouldered well... If only it had had 2 triggers
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I had one of those a few years ago. I had it imported from the States and was supposed to be my forever gun. Turns out I couldn't hit beans with it as the POI was way off for me. I sold it at a loss and went back to the SKB M100 and all was well again.
 
brybenn said:
I have an Ithaca 4e trap gun that I'd love to get a 4e sxs to match but I'd need to have it restocked. The drop is way to low for me on their doubles. I can shoot Parker's but they really force me to adapt to them. It's not as natural. I can respect them for what they are. Now seeing the chart posted I have a better understanding for the grading system. I've noticed prices are all over the map. Some think because it's old and a big name it's worth big money. I've seen beat up Trojans that ppl were asking 2 grand for and I've seen some highly embleshished guns for not much more. Seeing a large lot listed in one place such as prophet river helps give an accurate idea of worth and market value here.
If it was an estate they took on someone had dedication and a love of Parker's that's for sure
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You should sell me that 4E trap single to go with my 4E SxS...😉
 

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