Restored PHE on GB - thoughts?

[Dean Romig]

The colors are a little over the top, more vivid than original Parker Bros. colors but nicely done anyhow.
The lever looks about right for a new or completely restored gun.
The checkering pattern on both the forend and the stock are only remotely correct in both pattern and LPI - on this gun, for a PH grade the LPI is much too fine or too many lines per inch.

I have handled a lot of restored Parkers with great colors, excellend checkering, wonderful barrel refinish both rust-blued steel as well as refinished Damascus and the majority of them were loose at the hinge pin or "off face" and a great many also still sport buggered screws. This one appears to have nice screws anyway. It escapes me why someone would go to the trouble and expense to bring a nice Parker back almost to "new" condition yet still leave these very obvious tell-tale issues unresolved.

[Autumn Daze]

I agree the colors are a little over the top but will fade with time.The checkering pattern on the wrist is all wrong for P grade.

Jack- if he relists this highly priced PHE 16, as it looks like for now- no bids and the time is running out, and you want me to give it a "look-see" I can arrange that possibly. I know the seller- he doesn't state who did the refinishing/restoration, but Dave and Dean are right about the LPI and checkering pattern- My PH 16 has original checkering and stock finish on both buttstock and forearm, and it is NOT the same as this- Unless he bought it w/o knowing who did the restoration, at that price if it was either Turnbull or Del Grego work (and I am NOT saying it is either here) I wonder why he didn't offer that info--

He has more positives than negatives on the Gun broker feedback- that's open to interpretation I guess-