A Custom Parker GH

All done! This started life as a Parker GH 0 frame 20ga. Ive sleeved it to 28ga w/34” barrels. I Also restocked with a stunning piece of Turkish walnut to the owners provided dimensions and style. Got it to 6lbs 15oz and balances 3/4” in front of hinge. A little weight in the stock will bring it back.

Briley installed their thin wall choke tubes.

Turnbull CCH’ing

Why you’ll ask? The owner wanted this(and a matching 20ga) for dedicated sporting clays guns, specifically for sub gauge competitions in the Vintagers shoots.

DUDE...that's SICK!!!! Congrats, what a beautiful sub-gauge. Congrats to the owner.

Looks great,

That is a BBQ, one of those you show off and use carefully.

She’s a beauty

You really should post more. You never let us down.

I do have a question or two about the color case hardening. Did you farm that out to Turnbull, or was there another reason they were chosen for it? Is that a process that you can do? What all is involved in it?

Turnbulls did the color case hardening on it.

While I have done CCH’ing in past employment, I’m not currently setup to do it due to needing a furnace. Also Turnbulls is boringly consistent, and one might find comfort in relinquishing liability in a process that can lead to issues.

The process involves annealing the parts to be colored. They are then polished to desired level, degreased, and put into a steel crucible holding your parts, bone, charcoal, sometimes leather, and numerous other bits including a drop of virgin blood infused snake oil. The parts are brought up to temperature(approx 1400f), held there for a certain period, then brought out and quickly dumped into aerated water. There are many things and tricks I’m leaving out, but that’s the jist of it.

That is beautiful Sir. Well done

Agree with the others. Very nice!

Awesome! Been looking for somebody to slim down a stock on a Ruger RSM .375 , pm sent

WOW!!!!

That's a glorious gun, sir. Well done!

Thanks. That’s pretty cool.

good grief. This is art!

Fantastic work, well done

Nice! I totally dig everything about it.
I don't question why as much anymore.

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Awesome work.

Oh my, lad...that's exquisite! You haven't lost your touch!

Hope you and the fam are all doing well!

Beautiful work, as always!

That is a very fine job. One beautiful shotgun with an exquisite wood selection.

Beautiful SxS

Wow! That's stunning!

That is a work of art, sir!! Well done!