My preference for an upland gun would be 16 or 20 ga with 26 or 28 in barrels

I believe I’ve found the gun there is a Parker reproduction 20ga on GI its specs are as follows.

Straight stock, splinter forend
28” barrels with q1 q2 choke and 3” chamber

Gun is in perfect condition with original case hardening and bluing and it’s at a price I can afford….. but

The screws have been rotated and the seller description indicates that this is from previous owner disconnecting the automatic safety, should I be worried by this or not?

I’m hoping that the gun being opened up is not a deal breaker as these barrels and this format is exactly what I’m looking for.

Reproduction in question linked below.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=103322357

That is a rare configuration. But that gun doesn't appear original to me. I am no expert on Parker Reproductions so I will let someone else chime in. You would want to closely examine the choke markings on the barrel flats. There have been some reproductions that were altered to have more favorable choke markings.

Reggie, what stands out to you about this gun? I must be missing something

By looking at the photos posted on the sellers website Hallowel & Co, the serial number is clear as 20-3428 maybe there is a record of this gun to tell wether the barrels are authentic and unaltered?

That gun was brought up in this discussion previously. I had questioned what others thought of the case colors. Another poster opined the case colors and wood was redone. I would not have any concerns that the auto safety has been converted to manual; in fact, I prefer my guns be converted to have manual safeties, saving the safety push rod to be converted back to automatic if a future owner prefers it that way.

https://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45176

I'm sure Hallowell would rather not have that gun in his inventory. Make him an offer that you consider fair.

Bill, what would be considered fair? I hate to ask that but I’m new to the buying and pricing of these guns. the only Parker’s I’ve owned are the two reproductions and they were traded/gifted to me from my father. Gun is priced at 5450

That gun has some red flags to me. Someone who isn’t an expert did work on it, and that means who knows what you are getting into.

The colors are definitely redone, and not well considering they appear to have either missed the entire back of the recieved or accidentally polished if off while refinishing the stock. Screws aren’t timed….

Just my opinion