Originally Posted By: baldrick
I've been reading Stephen Bodio's book "Good Guns" and he wrote that Parker's were known as hard recoiling guns because of their "short forcing cones or chambers". I've not found this to be the case, but I use 2 inch or 2 and a half inch loads. No duck loads yet. Has anyone else found this comparison to be true and if so, are there doubles of this vintage that are considered soft shooters?
The same book where Stevie discussed the Model 21 as coming on the market in 1941-ooops-make that 1931- A Mike McIntosh Bodio ain't--Although he does like the Model 12--


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