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Unread 04-06-2012, 01:32 AM   #21
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Here is another of the many great buys lately for a Parker Reproduction since the economy went South.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=277395127

Of course if you bought your Parker Repro a couple years ago or so for an investment gun this is NOT good news to you!

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I collect American doubles and have become addicted to Parker repros. They are great investments not to mention great handling hunting guns. I was searching for info on this gun and your post came up. So I joined, nice forum. The wood on this gun is unbelievable and handles great.
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I've owned a few of them, some I paid up for and some I sold for a lot of money. The one that I love best is the close out gun from Jaqua's that I bought in the 90s for $1900.
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The "Closeout" was the greatest gun sale in the history of double guns. My two barrel set 28 gauge came from Guns Unlimited. They were extremely helpful. They looked at three identical sets for me and picked out the one with what they described as "exceptional" wood. A few months later, they sent me snap caps that they had promised. That was quite a surprise.
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Here is another "super low" priced 20 gauge Reproduction for those hunts this fall:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=288129684

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How about this set?
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Default How about this set?

What's the conventional wisdom on this fine set?

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Pro...n_id=100254324

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ooooh, that's a nice one! 20-ga., 28", Q1/Q2 Repro barrel sets don't grow on trees. Lotsa moohla for those nice desirable sets, eh?

Notice the numeral font of the Q1/Q2 chokes on this set is a little different than others usually encountered. Here's how they're normally stamped:
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That is a fine set with double triggers and two 28" barrel sets....The 20ga. 28" Q1/Q2 is a hard one to find....I own one and I know of one other set. Priced very close to the set I bought few years back, mine has a pistol grip-DT-SF both 28" Q1/Q2....Chuck is a great gun guy to deal with...thanks all...Kenny,,,, SXS ohio...(-:
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Greg, my 28" 20 ga Q1 & Q2 barrels are identical to yours and have none of those proof marks that the GI gun displays. Of course the GI gun is an early "P" repro and those were a 'horse of a different feather' so to speak, with certain attributes all their own. My 20 ga. Repro is 20-3524 and is a two-barrel set, 26" and 28" with both barrel sets Q1 & Q2.
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Dean, that gun has English proof marks because it went to England, not because it's a P Repro. I had to do some checking on the proofmarks. Can’t recall ever having seen a Brit gun marked with “kg” rather than “bars”. Appears this one was proofed during the period 1985-89, when they were converting to metric marks (but you might still find the old “tons” proofmark) but before they standardized on “bars” vs “kg” (which mean the same thing anyhow). And that’s the magnum or superior proof. You wouldn’t have to worry about what you shot in that gun—not that you should anyhow, with a Repro.
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The "P" is part of the serial number, right or wrong, generally agreed to be prototypes. Mr. Skeuse made comments on the P guns here a while back. The reason for the magnum proofs is that all 28" 20 gauge Repros had 76mm chambers. Nothing unusual about the proving of the gun, but the gun is of a very popular configuration and Chuck won't have it for long, even at that price.
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