DH /DHE ? At Cabelas

[Steve Huffman]

This is a STRANGE gun I would think a store of their caliber would be up front on this parts gun .Look at the nice job of the dolls head. Ref# 1651536. Who is running this gunroom ?:eek:

[Ed Blake]

Dang. Isn't that a jewel. From the looks of that one it would appear Fred Sanford is running the gunroom.

[Dave Suponski]

Well...There is a first time for everything I guess. If I were them I would at least get the description of the gun right and mention that it has Trojan barrels and forend,its restocked etc.etc. And oh ya...reduce the price...a lot!

[Drew Hause]

Is there a crolle pattern underneath the blueing?

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/community/gun_inventory/images/wheeling/american_sg/1651536_parkerdh_09l.jpg

[Francis Morin]

Yes sir- that is a DH (Grade 3) with extractors- Mama Mia- who butchered up the doll's head on the receiver with a sloppy brazing job? I don't know which of the "Bigger Boxed" stores has a less aware of the facts gun dept- Cabela's or Gander Mt.--Our area GM store has a later series Trojan 12 28" barrels-someone beat the floorplate back into place with a sledge hammer apparently, the screws are all buggered beyond redemption, stock severly marred with soggy butted red recoil pad apparently fastened to the stock with Super-Glue- also the stock cheeks were "pinned" and expoxied, and apparently the "Tommy Tinkerer" who did that FUBAR had some left over epoxy left in the dish, so he conveniently expoxied the trigger guard bow and screw heads into the pg- so that later dis-assembly would be a nightmare-

The barrels are sound, so is the forearm- But they want a firm $799.00 plus tax (because that's one of them scarce Paaarkars I guess)-- go figure??:duck:

[Pete Lester]

Here is another bargain and only slightly more expensive than the DH/Trojan at Cabelas. Imagine it was owned by only one family!

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPageC?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&appID=36&viewMode=thumbnails&catID=109&direction=DESC&gunid=2739&mode=viewGun

[Forrest Smith]

I had a self proclaimed fine double gun dealer tell me last weekend at show he'd take no less than $500 for a plain jane swiss cheese barrel 10 ga hammer gun, stock held on by duct tape. This gun honestly might have been used as an oar for saltwater canoe.. I quote: "boy that there a RARE Parker, you won't find one of 'em round here for a hunerd miles". "That gun right theres a steal at that price". I offered $50, had a bare spot on the wall, but he wouldn't budge...and I made him very, very mad:bigbye:

Cabelas stupidity is sometimes nice too, the Michigan store had a screamer vh 20 ga two weeks ago-priced right. I emailed at 9:00 AM the day it popped up, and there were 3 people with standing offers in front of mine and gun was already on hold, pending funds:) I wasn't the only one that thought it was a good deal I guess.

[James T. Kucaba]

Don't get me started on Cabelas ! ... Especially the Lacey Washington store ! ... As far as I'm concerned, they're the most DISHONEST, LYING, SOB's on the planet ! ... They SCREWED me out of a Parker 14 gauge back action gun AFTER I'd put the money on my Visa Card ... They gave the gun to a buyer who was second in line behind me ... The gun was rightfully mine because I'd already put my money up. But the "managers" at the Lacey store refused to correct THEIR employee's error and and opted for doing the most convenient thing, FOR THEM ... which was refunding my money ... I went all the way up the chain of command and called the HMFIC over ALL of Cabala's Gun Departments at their corporate headquarters in Nebraska but the guy didn't care what was RIGHT and refused to un-do errors made by his idiot employees at the Lacey store ... Needless to say, I'll probably never do business with Cabelas again ... NUFF SAID !

Jim Kucaba ... AriZOOna Cactus Patch ... Email: JimKucaba@aol.com

[Francis Morin]

Cabela's Gun library and their incompetent sales staff are a joke- Now Bass Pro joins that group too. Can't see an ejector axle pin on a Parker as you can on an LC Smith or Ithaca- but if it is a VH, then it is a non-ejector, if a VHE thaen an ejector- simple as that--Wonder who the clown was in that 100 year old "family" that decided to put their "coat of arms" shield on the stock cheeks?? What a joke at $2900--and both barrels at .010" chokes- huum?? Wonder if that was a factory special order back then??:rolleyes:

[Dave Suponski]

I would suspect that the "Coat of Arms" is hidding a pin through the head of the stock. As an aside we have seen in the Parker order books the quote"Pin stock head" I would love to see a documented Parker with the pinned stock head done in Meriden.

[E Robert Fabian]

Dave, there was one on Gun Broker about a year ago with a PGCA letter stating the request for pinned stock. Scott has a 2 frame 10 ga. GH that has same pin and there is no sign of it needing it, the gun is in real high condition.

[Dave Suponski]

Bob,Could we get Scott to put up a picture of that gun?

[Francis Morin]

I received my letter on the 1908 PH 16- 26" twist on the O frame- the stock is almost unmarred, checking unboogered- and it has a hardwood pin through the cheeks- recessed- dead on center- wonder if it was factory done- when I opened the gun up to replace the top lever leaf spring, the stock head had NO cracks or stress lines anywhere I could see- even with a magnifier-

Sounds like a great research concept for us- if any of the records show that, ditto the hickory or other hardwood dowel in the butt end- I didn't remove the DHBP- it is the early spurred version, and it look like it grew out of the wood- but I am curious indeed..:cool:

[E Robert Fabian]

Will do Dave. Got a chance to shoot that unbelievable BHE of his today.:rolleyes:

[Andrew Thompson]

"wonderful piece of American history for any collector!" Quoted from the cabela's description. Beware that establishment.

[scott kittredge]

Will do Dave. Got a chance to shoot that unbelievable BHE of his today.:rolleyes:

and shoot it well you did :draw:

[scott kittredge]

Bob,Could we get Scott to put up a picture of that gun?

i"ll get it soon dave

[Dave Suponski]

Thanks Guy's....:bowdown:

[E Robert Fabian]

Scott's EH 10ga

[Dave Suponski]

Thanks Bob and Scott,This gun lettered with a "Pinned Head"? Very interesting stuff...

[E Robert Fabian]

No not this one, I don't think Scott has a letter on it. A 12ga. last year that I saw on a web site had one like it lettered. After looking at gun and condition one would just assume that it may be a Parker pin.

[scott kittredge]

i had the stock off this past nov. the screws looked like i was the only one other than parker that turned them and i found no crack in the head of stock and clean oil free wood . the spanner wrench holes are set at the 9 and 3 oclock on both sides and a flush to sides of cheek wood. who ever did this did an outstanding job! anybody have one of this type of pin job? when this 10 ga came out on an action site there was a 12 ga just like it. i don't know what became of it. thanks scott

[Rich Anderson]

Cabelas didn't get the nick name "The Evil Empire" for nothing. I know first hand all to well of their "business" practices buy very low sell as hifg as possible.

Dennis Highby in Sydney nor only runs Cabelas the Gun Libraries are his baby. James I would bitch to him directly.

I know of more than one dealer who look at their site and cruise for underpriced guns (and there are some out there) and do well at it. Then there are those overpriced nightmares also.

[Jerry Andrews]

I like the re cut checkering. Looks like someone roughed it in with a hatchet and fine finished it with an axe. Jerry

[John Dunkle]

Hi Folks,

I head to Haiti tomorrow - which means I can't really watch over this thread any longer.. I really appreciate the exchange and candid thoughts about Cabela's, and some of you toning down your replies when I sent you a PM...

While I have "no horse in this race" - it's nice to see a community have an exchange of ideas without needless bashing.. I know I appreciate it..!

Anyway - if folks really, really need to see this thread re-opened - please PM me, and I'll try to get caught up when I return from Haiti, again, OK??

My thanks!

John
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