“Der Ain’t No Flys on Dat Sun Ahhh Maa Bitch” (W. O. Odem )

[ahfoxman]

Check out this 28" 5lb - 9oz bit of Repro eye candy. This shooting stick will be a bit of enjoyment when these old stumps of mine put me on the log out in the grouse covers. I know, wood is very subjective, but this stick really lights this old Dutchman's fire....... and Yes, the other side is just as good.

Now, do I keep my NIB, 26", SST. FPG, 5lb -10oz Repro, with all the candy. ie: serialized box, paper wrappings, plastic sleeves, inner triangular boxes, case with the early non canvas soft cloth case cover, instruction manual, guarantee card, and dealer card, etc.etc? It's serial number is below 50, and it also has killer wood. Do you guys think these 28 Repros are going to continue to climb in value when weighing the uncertainties concerning guns and hunting looming in the future, and remembering that there have been some 3500 +/- 28ga’s made?

I don’t want to sell it, but think about my wife and family having to deal with my collecting passions when the time comes. My kid jokes that he is checking out ahead of me so he doesn’t have to deal with my mess of STUFF. If there is anything to the old adage about the good dying young: I should be around for quite a while yet to help pay for the current political follies. Ahhhhh, Always Remember: Life is Good, Treat it with Respect

[Bruce Day]

Otis Odem, damn, that's a name from the past in gun collecting.

Good guns are climbing. Keep it.

[Harry Collins]

No flys at all.....

Harry

[Bill Murphy]

Tom, I knew you would come over here some day. Welcome. I wish I had some videos of Otis, or, for that matter, some more modern collectors of note. Bill Murphy

[Dean Romig]

Must be the lighting, I can't see the other trigger


... but seriously, a very nice piece of wood on that one.

[Wild Skies]

Your gun Tom, has about the nicest piece of Claro as any Repro that I've ever seen--it's understandable that it lights your fire. It'd light anybody's fire! Please show us the other side, too!

Having accumulated several Parker Repros myself, three of which are 28's, I'm betting on their value to continue to rise over the long term. Having said this though, the market of them has paralleled our national economy. A year and a half ago, 28-ga. Repros were hovering in the $6000 range for a single bbl. gun, today they linger in the marketplace with a $4000 ask.

[Setter Man]

Oh, my. That's serious wood.

[Joe Bernfeld]

Originally Posted by Tom Kidd

Do you guys think these 28 Repros are going to continue to climb in value when weighing the uncertainties concerning guns and hunting looming in the future, and remembering that there have been some 3500 +/- 28ga’s made?

Yes!
Joe

[Dean Romig]

I think the value of the 28 gauge Reproductions will continue to escalate especially in view of the values of original Parker 28's. For more and more shooters an original is getting further and further away from the ability of an average shooter's ability to buy one so the Repro will continue to be more and more desirable.

[Bill Murphy]

The price on my 28 gauge straight grip, double trigger, beavertail, two barrel set hasn't changed a bit. It is still $2695, shipping included. I guess that price stays the same until I decide to sell it.