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I just so happen to have saved the pics he sent me.
Actually, now that I look at it again, the border of the buttplate has been trimmed down around its entire perimeter to fit it to the shortened stock. In this way, it's not as displeasing as I had originally thought. Nonetheless, it shows very little wear at all. Oh well... y'all know what they say about "He who hesitates..." . |
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08-01-2015, 02:59 PM
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I've had a chance to look the gun over now. Overall I'm very pleased with it. Dean is correct in that the stock has been shortened by 1/2" & is now 13 1/4" LOP. With a slip-on pad I'll be able to shoot it just fine.
The barrels measure 27" dead on the money & are definitely Laminated rather than the standard Damascus found on grade-2 guns. The top rib is marked Damascus steel & the stamp on the barrel flats is a "D" rather than an "L" as speculated. I talked to Brad Bachelder about this and he said he has seen one other set of Parker laminated barrels marked as this gun is. It does have one small dent in the left barrel. I will be sending it off to Brad to have the dent removed, a good cleaning done & the scratches in the stock finish taken care of. It's a sweet gun that weigh's in at 6lb 13oz with .018" constrictions in each bore. |
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08-01-2015, 03:29 PM
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I'm very pleased for you Paul.
Will you leave the barrels as they are (plenty of pattern and contrast still showing) or will you have Brad refinish them? |
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I would love to leave the barrels as they are. Unfortunately there has been some recent damage done to the gun from poor handleing. I suspect from the last owner. "The gun was on consignment"
Around the dent in the left barrel there are several small bright shiny scratches in the finish. There is also a small scratch on the bottom floor plate as well. The floor plate is no big deal, but I'm afraid that the barrel marks will require a total re-black to make things right. I'll leave it up to Brad for the final say. The scratches in the stock finish are freshly done as well. To bad whoever had the gun didn't take better care of it while in it was their hands. I talked to the seller about all this & he is making things right by giving a $200.00 cash refund as compensation for the lack of disclosure on the barrel issues. He's a real stand-up guy for doing so! |
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08-01-2015, 08:12 PM
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Sheesh,,, $200 off the price indicated on the GB makes me wish I had stuck it out a bit longer.
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08-01-2015, 08:29 PM
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Sorry Dean ! The way my luck has been lately, I'm amazed I beat you to it. This purchase has been the highlight of this past month for me.
All I can say is: If I ever decide to part with it, I'll put you first in line for it. |
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08-01-2015, 08:30 PM
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That will get you a good start on the refinishing. Glad one of our members snagged this one. Can't wait to see the finished product
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08-01-2015, 09:34 PM
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This tells me how much i have to learn!,, i am a dedicated gun auction/site troller, and do fairly well....but skimmed over this gun thinking cut barrels/ cut stock.....without doing the right due diligence. Great find!,,,cannot wait to see this gun after clean up.
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