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04-14-2020, 05:22 PM | #3 | ||||||
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It is a very nice gun. GH 12g Parkers are pretty common. But when they are condition like that or better, they are ones to be had.
Based on the photos and assuming the bores are as nice as the outside, I would say that $1,500-$2,000 is a good price where everyone wins.
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04-14-2020, 05:33 PM | #4 | ||||||
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It looks entirely original from where I sit, including that darker spot in the case color on the right side of the frame.
I think it is a desirable gun, being such a late Damascus gun.(It is a rare gun as it stands on its own merit.) If the bores are as nice as the rest of the gun and the chokes and chambers have not been altered, it is in my opinion at least as valuable as a comparable GHE of the same YOM with Parker Special Steel barrels and perhaps more so. I recently sold a GH (No E) in the very same condition, with PSS barrels for over $4700. My opinion - YMMV .
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I'm with Brian. If I were to buy I would want to pay no more than $1600. 12 GA guns are currently an anchor!
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04-14-2020, 06:07 PM | #6 | ||||||
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....and my gun was not even for sale. The gentleman to whom I sold it (who’s name most of us old-timers will recognize as a high end collector who drives an extremely hard bargain, INSISTED I sell it to him at HIS price) would not take “No” for an answer. Just sayin...
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04-14-2020, 06:19 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I think more like $2,500 would be a good deal for both parties ( assuming the bores are good and the chambers and chokes are original ). Even though it is a 12 gauge...it is in very good condition. Most of us would be proud to own a gun like that.
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04-14-2020, 06:49 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I think it would be fun to have. How many GHs are out there with proof marks? You may not ever see another.
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A lot of them. In fact every single one made after they started marking them.
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04-14-2020, 09:17 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I was just looking through my file of barrel flat pictures and it appears the "Parker Bros. Overload Proved" marks start in the 217xxx range. But, there appears to be a break in the 236xxx range where some guns were shipped before they made the "Parker Gun Works Overload Proved" stamp.
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