Interesting "C" on Gunbroker

[Dean Romig]

Here's an interesting Parker...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=251798327

Those who attended the Annual Meeting & Banquet will remember Charlie Green's 99+% original condition 25" 28 ga. CH on the table next to his BIG 38" 10 ga. CH.

[Bruce Day]

"Restored" means returned to original condition. A better description would have been "restored as altered".
Most restorations are not true restorations.
I like the case color job that was done on it, but its always so hard to look at case colors in photos. A C 20ga 24" is indeed a rare gun, I don't know whether it is the only one, but this gun is certainly interesting. I own a DHE 20ga 24", also a rare gun, and it is a wonderful little hunting gun and nothing to carry at under 6 lbs.
I think if I had to publicly sell an expensive gun, Gunbroker would not be my choice. There are other venues that can better present such a gun to the right audience.

[Dean Romig]

[QUOTE=Bruce Day;50279I think if I had to publicly sell an expensive gun, Gunbroker would not be my choice. There are other venues that can better present such a gun to the right audience.[/QUOTE]

I agree Bruce. My choice would be to place it with one of the better gun auction houses or consign it with a major gun dealer like Puglisi or Ivory Beads... there are other avenues as well.

[Richard Flanders]

It looks at first glance like a Repro, especially the wood. There's a gun on the Julia site that looks very similar. There's a gorgeous 24" DHE28 in Anchorage.

[Alligator]

Looks to me like the barrel rib matting goes all the way to the end of the muzzles, but what do I know! Lee.

[Opening Day]

As Bruce says restored or altered gotta love that check piece on a "Restored Parker". Now the case colors are very nice though. I also aggree Gunbroker would not be where I would try to sell it.

[Dean Romig]

Strange that those two muzzle pictures are the only ones that are too blurred to really see what you are talking about.
The serial number along with the tables from TPS pretty well say it all concerning originality of the barrel length.
I have a 24" Parker which letters with 24" barrels and the rib matting runs right off the end of the rib, so the one on Gunbroker is apparently what TPS says it is regardless of whether the rib matting stops short of the end of the rib or runs off the end.

[Bruce Day]

The Parker Schuetzen cheek piece stock was a rare option on later C grades and was intended to help the shooter hold aim on the target.

[Brush Buster]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I agree Bruce. My choice would be to place it with one of the better gun auction houses or consign it with a major gun dealer like Puglisi or Ivory Beads... there are other avenues as well.

Dean and Bruce ,I sell on Gun Broker but I would agree , A few years back I had a beautiful 20 Ga. VHE and a 12 Ga. VHE ,both were excellent original condition , there are costs involved with consigning guns ,but Jim Thinney at Ivory Beads ,sold the pair of them easily and I couldn't have been happier , The 20 was very high condition but the 12 Ga. was such high condition ,I wouldn't carry it and it wouldn't suprise me if the next owner didn't carry it as well , The lower grades in high 90 percent plus condition really are rare guns and the " Better Dealers " already have folks waiting in the wings for these " Cream Puff Guns " ! With that said ,Gun Broker has some good guns on it and also some Good People selling , I have bought many nice guns on there ! Russ

[Bill Murphy]

For $52,000, I would rather see a picture of the PGCA letter before I bother to look at a picture of the gun. I can put up with a few warts on the gun better than I can put up with a letter that shows that the gun is a fake.