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Unread 12-26-2015, 07:49 PM   #21
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Bill, do they letter at 18 inches?





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Hello everybody
This thread is over three years old but I am picking up where my father, David, left off in trying to identify and ultimately sell this gun. I own several shotguns but know very little about Parker or this particular gun. We still have it in our possession and I have uploaded some better quality photos as well as the records letter from Parker: https://imgur.com/a/XdOD5iZ

The 28 gauge barrel set is 22" and the 20 gauge barrel set is 24". I looked at the guide on this website to help determine if the 22" has been cut and to my untrained eye, I see no signs that it has been (I'm referring to the guide: http://parkerguns.org/pages/faq/CutBarrels.htm).

So I guess ultimately we still want to sell it, and will renew club membership which we allowed to expire to be able to post in the "for sale" forum. Is there any additional info we should try to ascertain before attempting to sell? We were never able to get a good idea of fair price/value either.

One other thing I should mention is that there are some small areas of rust maybe in 3 or 4 places that have started to form, I have since oiled it but am not sure what else can be done to remove the rust and prevent more from forming. I don't have a gun case. Any suggestions here are much appreciated.

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Before even mentioning a gun for sale on this forum you MUST be a paid up PGCA Member.





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OK, Dean understood. Just paid my membership fee
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Very interesting gun. It is hard, if not impossible, to judge value by photos on the internet alone. There are a bunch of PGCA members in the Massachusetts, New England area who would help you. If you have some documentation to go along with the gun including old photos and the like, it should increase the value too
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Who would have thought the 22 inch barrels were original? Nice gun.
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Particularly nice gun, despite the evidence of the 20ga barrels being cut. I would argue that the documented length of the 28ga barrels is a large bonus.
Interesting that the butt plate is from the Remington period.
I would caution you to get more than one appraisal before setting a price to sell your gun.
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I would ask a high price and wait for the counter offers to come in. I think it was worth more three years ago when you started this thread. The double gun market is pretty soft to say the least, definitely a buyers market. It’s only worth what the next buyer is willing to pay for it.
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The double gun market is pretty soft to say the least, definitely a buyers market.
I think the strength of the double market depends entirely on the category the gun falls into. The common configurations, and large bore guns aren't moving at the prices they used to, but the small bore market is holding it's own. 28 gauge is hotter now than it's been and those guns, which have condition and uniqueness are highly sought after. A quick look at several recent auctions will demonstrate this

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Hasn't this always been the case?
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Yes some other members think the gun has been restocked but I don't know when, since my grandfather passed I know almost nothing about the gun's history other than I used it to shoot trap maybe ten years ago.

We are not in a huge rush to sell so we will definitely do our research and get multiple opinions. Besides this forum where are good places to get such appraisals, particularly in the New England area?
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