Thinking about making an offer on a 28 gauge, but.......

[Chris Robenalt]

Mike, take Phil up on his offer, Ive known him for years. Theres not a better guy to get to know and get advice from! He has always gone out of his way to help me buy a good gun. As I mentioned earlier, there's a nice Reproduction 28 3 barrel set listed in the "for sale" section. It's alot more bang for the buck! I bought a Reproduction 28 from a friend a few years ago, and I couldn't be happier! It shoots great, it's new, it's very tight, and it's DHE, a few grades above what you're looking at. Yeah, it's not an early Parker, but it's a Parker. While the original Parker may be more desirable, the Reproduction is more affordable if you're in the income bracket that I am. I would definitely contact Phil, he'll point you in the right direction.

Chris, AZ

[BRDHNTR]

Mike, get a 28 ga Reproduction. You won't be disappointed. Walk away from this Parker. It's not worth it.

[B. Dudley]

The barrels are not cut. Overall a lot of the work done was bot done well or could have been done better.
In regards to what is blued and what is not, the guard, safety and triggers on this grade are blued. Everything else is case colored.

For the money that you are tossing around, a good original gun can be had.

[Dean Romig]

...and nobody has mentioned the blatantly obvious fact that the roll pin was reinstalled backwards and it is most certainly a 0-frame gun evidenced by the lack of lightening cuts in the water tables...





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[Kevin McCormack]

Lightening cuts notwithstanding, a 28 gauge with that low a SN would most certainly have been an O frame gun.

[Chris T.]

I'll never understand a restored gun with bad screws.

[Bill Murphy]

Screws are a minor problem compared to a warped floorplate, badly ground down on the edges as well as other parts that were roughly prepared. The refinisher used sandpaper or a buffing or grinding wheel to clean up the parts. It was also case colored over pits. It can't be repaired for any reasonable cost. Most Parker collectors would consider $3500 to be too much. Sorry for the late post.