The Parker is really neato!


Here's another Forehand 12 gauge though not as nice as yours, Andy.




It's a big 'un! A Harrington & Richardson Model 176 10 gauge Magnum I purchased new in the 1970s when I was 18. I'd read of Elmer Keith shooting ducks and geese at 100 yards with his Ithaca 10 gauge magnum double so thought I needed one for my duck hunting. 100 yard duck shooting was a bust. The 10 gauge did work well as a varmint "rifle" though, taking called foxes and coyotes with No. 4 buckshot.









The barrel is so fat it is like a sewer pipe. It is so thick at the breech end that it appears humped when looking down the barrel toward the bead. Lot of scrap steel in this one for the original purchase price of $65.

There's another H&R or two around here along with a Winchester Model 37A 16 gauge, purchased the same day as the 10 gauge for $60. I bought it for my girlfriend to have something to hunt dove with. I got the gun back when she married me.