Blue Book Price Check

[Bill Murphy]

Jay, please give us your answer to the question. We have very little experience with Turnbull refinished Repros. I feel that some buyers prefer a mint original Repro to a Turnbull refinish. Some buyers prefer the Turnbull gun.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Jay, please give us your answer to the question. We have very little experience with Turnbull refinished Repros. I feel that some buyers prefer a mint original Repro to a Turnbull refinish. Some buyers prefer the Turnbull gun.

Not being boastful but you’ll be hard pressed to find a 28 Repro as nice as the one that I just sold. 2-barrel set; double triggers; btfe, straight stock. Case coloring by Bachelder, wood refinished with an original type Parker finish. It looked as close to an original DHE as possible. It sold for what I paid for it before I had any of the work done. A friend who is a prominent dealer if very high end firearms told me the ONLY reports that are commanding premiums are those unfired and in completely NIB condition. He warned me no one would pay extra for the work that I had done. Think about it this way: why would anyone pay a $1000 premium for work that they could have done for less than that.

[MD*GSP]

Put me in the original and unaltered category. However, I must confess, this one is awful nice..

[MD*GSP]

I'm glad you enjoy and appreciate that one, Bill. It is indeed a wonderful example. The one I posted in the photo above would be an excellent candidate for a DHBP.

To my eye, the pad + spacer looks to be about an inch??, leaving the lop at 13-3/4" once removed. What would a DHBP add back to that? 1/4", 3/8"?

[Wilmurt]

Bought my 28 gauge 2 barrel set used for $5500 in 2014. Original case w/cover, snap caps, warranty card and oil bottle.

[B. Dudley]

any restoration work on any gun (repro or original) should not be done for monetary gain. There are very few candidates (ie: high grade/small bore) that the situation of dollars and cents makes any sense.
Yes, you may improve the value of a gun if condition is lacking. But almost never will the cost of work be recouped let alone profited on.

People restore, upgrade or embellish their guns because they want to. Period. And in the case of repros, people may want the modern gun with the traditional looks of the original guns that they love. I can see someone paying a premium for bone charcoal case hardening on a Repro if they like the look of it. But not $1000-2000 more for sure.

Primarily, people pay for overall condition, configuration and choking when it comes to repros. And of they have sound wood that will not break in 100 shots or less.

[MD*GSP]

C grade?

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=101385503

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Scot Cardillo

C grade?

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=101385503

Just a D grade that they did some embellishment to.
The “parker” inlayed in gold. They added the Parker Bros name to the side of ghe frame in a banner. None of the other engraving was faithfully updated to C grade.
The wrist was altered to C checkering and the forend was converted to full cover checkering.

On my 20g DHE i did debate on doing a faithful C upgrade on it, but decided against it.

[MD*GSP]

Here’s another altered (and interesting) Parker Reproduction

[B. Dudley]

Scott, do you know the details on that one with the extra barrel fitted with claw mounts? It it a rifle barrel? Or shotgun for slugs?