Do you consider Repros " collectible"?

[Wild Skies]

Are Repros collectible? If not, why not? If so, why? Do certain models offer more collectibilty than others?

Can you cite any other makers in the Repros price range that offer a greater possibility of appreciation than a Parker Reproduction?

[SXS OHIO]

All quality firearms are good solid investments....they do not go down in value like other things we collect. They keep up with inflation as the new gun increase in cost so do used guns. Any gun that is no longer made will become collectable or have added value due to scarcity. Like the JM marlin rifles we see now for sale, colts , smiths and Parker repro's all solid investments. I collect guns that I personally like and use...seldom do I loose a dime on any of them and normally make 20-30% at the time of sale if I have owned them a few years..(-: SXS ohio...(-:

[Rob Greenside]

I believe so, especially 12 ga. models, and higher grades in any gauge. I missed out on a nice sporting clays version 12 ga. last year, and they are very difficult to find. The BHE grades are beautifully made reproductions that should always be good investments, as long as they are left original.

[Bob Jurewicz]

I am of the belief that current Repro pricing on all guns is very depressed!!! Before the "crash" 28G were selling between $5K and $6K if you could find them. Double trigger guns have always commanded a premium. 20's were in the mid to upper $4's.
12's ,although rarer, never got their just due on pricing.
So, the bottom line by my beliefs is, Now Is The Time To Buy!!!!
As Jim Cramer would say: BUY-BUY BUY!!!!
Bob Jurewicz

[Bill Murphy]

I agree with Bob. 28 and 12 gauge models with 28" barrels or two barrel sets will be very hard to find once collectors absorb them. Consequently, these variations are very attractive buys today. The market has been quite a bit higher in the past than it is now, even though there are fewer guns available for sale today.

[Dean Romig]

There seems to be a popular (but unspoken) mindset recently that if you're selling a Parker or Repro - or any nice gun these days - you have to sell it because you need the money and you'll soon lower your price.... this ain't necessarily so folks and pretty soon the sellers won't be lowering their prices.

Buy now - you can never pay too much for a Parker or a Repro (but sometimes you can pay it a little too soon).

[Big D]

Repros are nice reproductions of a Parker, but IMHO, virtually nothing made in Japan is "collectible". Attractive investments? - Maybe. They have built some interesting, nice cars, but I can't think of one which i would call collectible. Nikons are good cameras, but they don't have the cachet of a Leica.

[Donovan Kirkpatrick]

Samurai swords and netsukes seem pretty collectible.

[Wild Skies]

I don't look at Parker Reproductions as something made in Japan in the same light as many other products that came out of Japan. After all, weren't they designed by an American born in the USA, the brainchild of an American born in the USA, built by an American company headquartered in the USA (albeit utilizing a production facility located in Japan), stock wood supplied by an American company located in the USA, marketed by an American company located in the USA and sold through a network of American dealers in the USA?

Furthermore, Parker Reproduction cases were made in Italy and the snap caps were made in England.

If anything, given the USA, Japan, Italy and England connections, Parker Reproductions was/is an international endeavor with worldwide reaching proportions to be enjoyed and collected by many generations yet to come . . . and they're here for us right now.

[Rob Greenside]

I agree !!!!.........with "Wild Skies".