Pigeon Gun…I’m always suspicious when I hear those words. Dealers love to them as a way to jack up the prices on any heavy twelve gauge shotgun, and a lot of time the words are misapplied to side-by-sides and O/Us that were really made as heavy game guns or even waterfowlers.
That being said, I’m 99% sure the Parker you see here is the real thing: A genuine American Pigeon shotgun. With 34″ barrels, a high, straight-grip stock, and no safety, it has all the features you would expect in a SxS custom made for the pigeon ring.
Wehrly’s Auction Service in Glen Rock, PA, has this shotgun and the auction begins on September 21, 2013, 8:30 AM EST.
Here’s the minimal description from the seller:
Lot 15A: Parker Bros. DHE DBL 12 Ga. Hammerless Pigeon Gun #143296: Description: checkered wooden stock, double triggers, etched,Titanic steel, DBL, #’s match, 34″ barrel this gun has ejectors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
