|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
2 members (Carcano, 1 invisible),
724
guests, and
4
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics39,519
Posts562,304
Members14,590
| |
Most Online9,918
Jul 28th, 2025
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 |
Thanks Destry- I was in knee pants when I shot the older Hammer Purdey my GrandFather "inherited" from my Great GrandFather- and I don't shoot or collect hammer guns per se, so perhaps my terms got "bobbled" but your point is right- barrels pointed towards the ground, unload, then de-cock. As I have been accused of going off half-cocked more than once in my almost 70 years, well you get my drift. A Boyhood friend died from a freak hammer gun accident- out duck hunting, a big storm kicked up, almost swamped the canoe, he had a I. Johnson Champion single shot, still loaded, grabbed it by the muzzle to pull it out from under the thwart, the hammer caught, went back and the sear didn't hold, and when a gun mis-fires, it never seems to miss. I don't own or care for the great Model 1897 Win-prefer the hammerless (OK enclosed hammer) sleeker Model 12, which you'll see me shoot for the next one in April, especially if I bring my son-in-law- you'll like seeing him shoot, as he is also a Southpaw as are you. I do have a hammer Winchester rifle- an 1894 in .30WCF with 24" octagonal barrel my GrandFather bought in 1915-shot many a buck in MI with that, but cold hands in Nov.& wet and slippery gloves, plus the open action that can collect moisture-so it's a "Safe Queen"-- After the pleasure of shooting your fine hammer Parker 10, I can see why they have a strong following however-ox
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 |
Not too worry Ho-Jo. I can strip apart and re-assemble a Model 12, and still run the "Arkansas Bellhole" for API code welding out-of-position tests, but cameras, cell phones and computer keyboards are my "Waterloo". Destry brought along a Kodiak pocket disposable camera, so perhaps he'll have some fotos available later, I'm in the Cabela's Columbia Camo Parka- holding an open 12 gauge L.C. Smith -HAMMERLESS-love that gun like a schoolboy loves his pie, like a Kentucky Colonel loves his mint and rye-Oh my yes--
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,016 Likes: 1819
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,016 Likes: 1819 |
Tried my Model 11 Remington twelve shot repeater but I wasn't hitting well with it so went back to the Parker after a couple stations. Destry Dang, I'd shore like to see a picture of that. I've owned two Model 11's and neither would hold anywhere near that many. You got a looong mag extension on her?
May God bless America and those who defend her.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 |
They won't all open when cocked.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 |
They sound like tWo peas in a pod. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,234
Sidelock
|
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,234 |
Stan,
Yeah, it's got a big long homemade magazine tube on it. I think that's the gun I'm holding in one of the pics, I'll be sure and post it. I'm gonna have to strip it down and give it a cleaning, it wasn't ejecting just exactly right either. I rarely ever shoot it, it's more of a curiosity piece, but it's fun to pull out every once in awhile. No telling how many ducks that gun has killed in it's life, I wish I knew more of it's story.
Destry
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,462 Likes: 89 |
Guns like that is why we are in the shape we are today.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,016 Likes: 1819
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 14,016 Likes: 1819 |
Do post some pics. That's a hoot! Did you buy her like that, or make the extension yo'sef? That woulda' been a market hunters' dream in 1911.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,234
Sidelock
|
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,234 |
I bought it that way, it's a vintage piece. Came off the Illinois River but that's about all I know unfortunately. I'm sure it was a market hunters gun, who else would have gone to the trouble.
Destry
Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 349
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 349 |
Kerryman,
I was lucky on the driven woodcock shoot, there were guys there that day who didn't have a shot at all. The shoot is in a large wooded tract owned by the Forestry Commission in that area. There are lanes running through it (fire lanes?) that the shooters stand on. The beaters work through the various timber blocks with spaniels and the birds would cross the lanes giving only a split second for a shot.
I missed my first bird after having a scare when I raised my gun to a little brown owl that had flushed out of a hedge only realizing in the last second that it wasn't a woodcock. Literally a minute or two later a real woodcock did cross the corner I was on and I missed it both barrels.
After that I didn't have a chance again until after lunch when I got lucky. A bird came out over one of the other guns and he missed it twice but the shot scared it enough that it turned and flew down the lane towards me for long enough to get a quick shot and I killed it.
After that I was so happy I didn't care if I got another try so was fairly lax in my stands trying to give other guns a chance. It was as much fun to watch as it was to shoot really, being in an atmosphere like that.
Right at dusk we all separated for the evening flight when the birds moved from the feeding grounds into roosting cover. I saw a few flit past in the dusk but was never quick enough to get my gun up. Finally, as I could see the torch (flahslight) of my friend coming to collect me, I had a split second view of one crossing right over my head. I just jerked my gun through the bird and actually fired into the dark as it was only light enough in the clear sky over the lane to see it. I heard it hit the brush as it fell but had no sight of it. My friends labrador worked for several minutes until my friend finally announced out of the darkness "he's got it". I don't recall ever being happier at the outcome of a shot.
I've got the empty shell from that shot with a feather from each of my birds crimped inside up on my shelf. I still wear the little silver club pin they gave me on the collar of my shooting coat. Really one of my favorite days in all my life, I wish I was back there right now.
Destry
P.S. They kill a few snipe on that shoot as well, though all we saw that day were jacksnipe which you can't shoot in the UK. There was just a really good article about shooting driven snipe from boats in Ireland. I think it was in Shooting Sportsman sometimes last year. Great story, Destry, well told. Very typical of a day's cock shooting. The fire lanes are called "rides" and we shoot the same way when possible. Our terrain here in Kerry is much rougher and inevitably one your leggings is caught in a briar and the other foot is sinking in a drain when a cock gets up in front of you! Rs, K
|
|
|
|
|
