Why the high price on .410 and 28 gauge Parker shotguns?

[edgarspencer]

Everything goes in cycles. 40 years ago it was short barrels, today long barrels are in greater demand than almost any 26" gun. 40 years ago, very few people were actively shooting the 16. Today, they are as hot as they have ever been.
What goes around, comes around again. If you live long enough, you will see small bores demand slip some, then come back. 40 years ago, I inherited two Parker .410s. I don't regret selling them, and my dad rarely shot them. Demand for short barreled 12ga guns may not come round in my remaining years, but they will come back.
Virtually every collectable has a cyclical popularity.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

While not a Parker but the first 100 straight I ever shot in NSSA registered skeet was with a 28 gauge . And FWIW my highest average by gauge was always the 28 gauge just a skoosh above my year end 12 and 20 gauge averages .

If I'm not mistaken the 28 gauge in NSSA competition consistently showed a higher average compared with the 12,20 or .410.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

If I'm not mistaken the 28 gauge in NSSA competition consistently showed a higher average compared with the 12,20 or .410.

Bear in mind it was thirty or more years ago but my 410 average was right at 97 but the other three stayed a bit above 98 . By no means all that great but I was happy with . And of the three over 98% the 28 was usually .1-.2% above the 12 and 20 . I think when it was all said and done I had as many if not more hundred straights with the 28 than I did the 20 . As to the 12 gauge most of the 100’s I scored in that gauge were shot with a 20 only 12 100 straights I shot with a 12 were done with an 1100 or 11/87 .

[John Davis]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Bear in mind it was thirty or more years ago but my 410 average was right at 97 but the other three stayed a bit above 98 . By no means all that great but I was happy with . And of the three over 98% the 28 was usually .1-.2% above the 12 and 20 . I think when it was all said and done I had as many if not more hundred straights with the 28 than I did the 20 . As to the 12 gauge most of the 100’s I scored in that gauge were shot with a 20 only 12 100 straights I shot with a 12 were done with an 1100 or 11/87 .

Well, there’s your problem. You weren’t shooting a 12 gauge Parker.

[Researcher]

When the last "Boomer" interested in these things is gone maybe the price will come down for anyone left who happens to still be interested.

[Andy]

I guess that's what I mean by "fad." Everything is cyclical. Raise young women who wear bell bottoms and weird crap you haven't seen in years and they say, "Dad, it's boujee..." and you have no flipping idea what boujee means.... What goes around comes around. Don't chase the stock market or barrel length or gauge unless you really need it and can spare the cash then that's awesome for you. If you don't know what boujee means google it like I had to.

[MrBojangles]

Good. I sure can’t wait until the fad ends!

There were no bids on this one this morning, I was going to place a lower bid on it, which couldn’t have been less than $17,500 as that was the opening bid. Maybe $20,000…

Sometimes objects do sell at the opening bid or one or two bids after that.

The bidding war already started.

https://bid.guyetteanddeeter.com/lot...-skeet-shotgun

I am a professional with an advanced degree and a good job…but this is still a stretch for me.��

[Reggie B]

Originally Posted by Ian Civco

Good. I sure can’t wait until the fad ends!

There were no bids on this one this morning, I was going to place a lower bid on it, which couldn’t have been less than $17,500 as that was the opening bid. Maybe $20,000…

Sometimes objects do sell at the opening bid or one or two bids after that.

The bidding war already started.

https://bid.guyetteanddeeter.com/lot...-skeet-shotgun

I am a professional with an advanced degree and a good job…but this is still a stretch for me.��

You are safe to throw a few bids in the ring. The current bid isn't anywhere near what that gun will sell for.

[ED J, MORGAN]

We are getting older, lighter guns are easier to carry, and small gages are the lightest,

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Ian Civco

Why the high price on .410 and 28 gauge Parker shotguns?

Because they’re worth it.

-Victor