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I just picked up a 'new ' levergun... with a TOP lever that is!
Its a Parker VHE 12ga vent rib with 32" bbls and choked Full and Full.
Most likely a live bird or trap gun. Being a trap and helice shooter I figured needed it!
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Of course the recoil pad is not correct, the color case is worn but the ejectors are timed perfectly and most importantly, I got my feet in the pics!
I ran the serial number on the PGCA site and factory records are available. Im curious to see what info they have!
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So the guys on the Parker forum have noted this could be 1 of 18 or 20 guns made in this configuration. I knew it was probably a rarity as it is a V grade gun, to have a vent rib you would think a higher grade would be in order.
Thanks Vall, I've just recently gotten into SxS guns. Now I own 5 , two
Parkers, a Winchester, a Rizzini and a CZ. from 12 ga to 410. Though I need a 16 ga to round out the 'set' .
So after posting this Parker on the Parker collectors forum someone chimed in and stated as few as 18 or 20 produced in this model/configuration.
Also after inputting the serial number confirms it's post 1934( probably 1935) production. Also factory records exist so I have sent for the factory records letter.
GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 4:49 am
Thanks Craig and John!
So the guys on the Parker forum have noted this could be 1 of 18 or 20 guns made in this configuration. I knew it was probably a rarity as it is a V grade gun, to have a vent rib you would think a higher grade would be in order.
I think it’s somewhere in the 18-23 area of 32” vent rib guns that were designated trap guns . Typically BTFE , lots of times SST . I had a VHE 12 32” vent rib singke trigger trap forend Monte Carlo stock made in 1937 that for some reason I sold to a friend in PA two years ago and had regretted it ever since . This same fellow sent it to Wyoming to be in a Lock Stock and Barrel auction , Friday I was fortunate to get it back at a savings from what I sold it for . The picture was three or four years ago in WV at a tower shoot , unless I’m mistaken those were the first feathered birds I ever killed with it . Well that’s not counting pigeons in the Colombaire ring .
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Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
Oh so you did buy that!? Nice that you got it back.
I hope the records come through with details as I'm very interested in the who/what spec'ed this one.
