The fellow that I just purchased a 20 ga repro (26" bbls, straight stock, M/Impro cyl) is shipping it to me for delivery next Wednesday. Turns out it was his wife's uncles gun, kept in one of his safes. He's cleaning out the uncle's firearm collection apparently. He tells me the gun is in 'mint' (his word-not mine) condition and from the pics I've seen this could be true.
In any event, I'm not very familiar with Parker repros and I'm wondering that regardless of the external look and feel of the gun (when I have it in hand and can examine it more closely), would it still be wise to send it out to say a Brad Bachelder to have Brad strip it down, make sure the internals are clean etc. and make sure there's no issues with the wood etc.
Does this make sense or am I just being a bit too conservative...?
Dean Romig and others, you folks have more experience with these Repros. What makes sense to you.
Thanks in advance.
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Mint Repro 20 ga
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