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07-27-2015, 10:49 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Well it must mean recently cured circassian marblecake walnut, and a hacksaw job on the original barrels. Makes you want to scream at potential buyers to watch out. Dont get me wrong....pretty gun for a "custom"....but to represent as "mint"!!!!!
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07-27-2015, 10:52 PM | #4 | ||||||
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A borderless checkering job belongs on NO classic double. Custom or not. Just my opinion.
And like I said, most all of the work looks like quality work. Just none of it is correct for the gun. Looks like a custom rifle builder did it.
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07-27-2015, 11:43 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Dont get me wrong, in my former life as a sxs shooter, i amassed a collection of guns of this ilk, including a 20 bore VH, w cut barrels to 27" with similar wood, and metal finish as this gun. But the misrepresentation of this gun, and SO many others, as original, pristine, disturbs me.
I guess i just am being over protective of the potential afficianados and collectors out there. My new litmus test is...if it is a "sexy" gun, and is listed for less than $25,000, an is not a AA Parker, XE Fox, etc.....RUN, dont walk away.
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07-28-2015, 07:07 AM | #6 | ||||||
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They sleep on their profit ! Some people will do anything for a buck. I look at gun broker and the guns international site each day. Yesterday I noticed a 16 ga that had a 150xxx number with a Remington dhbp. The stock was a replacement ( they did not tell you that ) . There is a PH listed that has having a factory straight stock. The picture shows a long tang, but reading " the Parker Story " a couple of nights ago page 265 says no straight stocks were offered in the PH grade. I was burned once. hope it does not happen again. Purchased a nice DH off of Gun Broker a few weeks ago. Looked at the pictures over and over. Check for any and all faults I could thing of. Looked the gun up in " the book " everything checked out. Very pleased with the gun. I try to learn from these site. Dan Rainey
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