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Unread 08-16-2019, 11:29 PM   #1
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A friend here calls me last week saying he heard I was a Parker guy. He bought a Parker at a garage sale from a guy who says it was his grandpas and would like me to look at it. The guy had never shot it. I go out there today to see it and it turns out to be a 30" twist #1 frame PH12. Hasn't been shot much - all screws are good and regulated, bores are good, especially for a gun that was last shot at least 40 years ago and put away uncleaned, and the receiver is in excellent condition, albeit with some patina. Stock seems a replacement but superbly done, save for the buttplate, which has been filed on some to make it fit. If the butt plate was right you'd think the stock was original. 15" LOP...?? BBls have pattern but have suffered from poor storage but would clean up ok with one of those magic copper scrubby pads, I think. Something is keeping the locking lug from fully engaging - can't be too serious, but it feels like something metal is blocking it. It actually looks like it's never been apart, but that's unlikely. 1893 vintage, I think he said. He's been in touch with someone online about it and had gathered some info. Perfectly shootable gun once cleaned up and the lever issue is remedied. And... he paid all of $100 for it!! It was hard to drive away without making him an offer!!
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Unread 08-17-2019, 12:18 PM   #2
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No shame in making an offer or at least leaving a card for future reference. I always think of the guy, an undertaker, who turned down widows wanting him to get guns out of the house after someone had passed. One day he mentioned it to a well known smith, who we all know, and he told him to take the guns, they are going to give them to someone. In a few days, the guy comes by with an as new Sterlingworth in a wooden shipping crate with two sets of barrels, given to him to get it out of the house! Since that time, he now has amassed a large collection, one bears that Purdey name, all given to him.
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No shame in making an offer or at least leaving a card for future reference. I always think of the guy, an undertaker, who turned down widows wanting him to get guns out of the house after someone had passed. One day he mentioned it to a well known smith, who we all know, and he told him to take the guns, they are going to give them to someone. In a few days, the guy comes by with an as new Sterlingworth in a wooden shipping crate with two sets of barrels, given to him to get it out of the house! Since that time, he now has amassed a large collection, one bears that Purdey name, all given to him.
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Ask him if he wants to double his money.
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