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Parker Reproductions 12g DHE Two Barrel Set

Based on a the original Parker "1 1/2" frame with DHE grade game scenes and scroll, automatic safety, and two triggers.

Original two barrel set includes a set of 26" barrels are marked "2" on the forend hook and "Imp. Cyl" and "Mod" on the barrel flats and are choked .007" in the right barrel and .012" in the left barrel. The 28" barrels are marked "1" on the forend hook and "Mod." and "Full" but are actually choked .010" in the right and .019" in the left barrel. The gun weighs 6 lbs. 9.4 oz. with the 26" barrels and 6 lbs. 11.9 oz. with the 28" barrels. Both sets of barrels have 2 3/4" chambers and the "Winchester East Alton, IL USA" import mark engraved in the middle of the top rib. 

Original Parker Repro stock with a straight hand grip and a 14 5/8" LOP over a skeleton butt and Parker style drop points with the original splinter forend. 

The gun is in its factory lightweight leather case that accommodates two barrels with the Maker's trade label. 

Gun has been hunted and with scratches and handling marks in what is otherwise the factory original stock finish. The action is nicely patinaed and shows traces of case colors but the metal is worn to a bright finish where the gun has been carried. Barrels are in good shape with excellent bores, are tight on face, and the ejectors are timed and strong.

Overall, condition is very good and the blemishes are only cosmetic. The gun has a nice patina and many lifetimes of service left in it.  

The rebirth of the famous Parker shotguns came about in the early 1980's was the work of Tom Skeuse, founder of Regent Chemical & Research Inc. An avid Parker shooter/collector, Mr. Skeuse secured permission from Remington to use the Parker name and turned to Olin-Kodensha manufacturing in Japan to produce the guns. Olin-Kodensha was a 1962 joint venture between Olin Industries and Kodensha Co. Ltd. of Japan to manufacture the Winchester 101 O/U and Model 23 SxS shotguns. While the Winchester Repeating Arms division of Olin was never involved with the making of the Parker shotgun, the Parker Reproduction guns were originally imported under Winchester's import license and guns from this era bear that import mark on their barrels. 

The company was short lived and stopped production when Olin-Kodensha was ceasing production of the Winchester 101 and 23 and the Parker project at the end of 1988. The original Parker Reproduction production records were lost in a hurricane in 1988, but the Skeuse family reports 12,225 Parker Reproduction guns were imported into the U.S. between 1983 and 1988 and only about 1,800 were ever made in 12g. 

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