REPRO 28 GA 28" Q1/Q2

[Bob Jurewicz]

I just watched a GB auction for a 28 GA 28" Q1/Q2.
Hope it is OK to report.

Gun sold for $7577.00 plus tax an GB fees.
WOW!!!
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1085296759
Bob Jurewicz

[Dean Romig]

Hmmm… I have the same gun but with a beavertail and 26” tubes.





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[Bob Jurewicz]

I think the price factor was dictated by 28 inch barrels

[Kenny Graft]

The days of finding PR 28gauge with double triggers for 5K is over! This one was a hard to find one with 28"Q1/Q2 one of a small number made and well-presented too. I was watching it closely but due to my shot show expenditures, my bank account could not eek anymore out....)-: That is only the second one with that barrel and choke combo I have had any chance to buy in many years collecting. Maybe next time. SXS ohio

[Bill Murphy]

I think that price was very reasonable for the rare combination represented. I would have been tempted.

[Paul Ehlers]

This one not only has the seldom found combination of double triggers & 28" barrels in a single barrel set gun but it also has the fairly rare open choking to boot.

The other thing going for it is it's a new in box never shot gun with the original cardboard shipping box & an unblemished hard case that looks like the gun has never been in it. Which is fairly rare in itself being has the repro's are over thirty years old with many of them thought as shooters rather than collector type guns. Now in 2025, this one could definitely fit the collector status due to its condition thirty some years after production and the closeout period for them.

IMO: The price was probably well in line for this one. The problem for me is, I wouldn't want to shoot this one and ruin what it presently represents, once it's shot and has some warts on it from doing so, it would just be another Repro with worn off case colors.

[Bill Murphy]

Redoing a worn Repro with new case colors is a popular option. I wonder what Turnbull Restroration would charge for a complete case color job including taking the gun apart and putting it back together?

[Brian Dudley]

Redoing a worn Repro with new case colors is a popular option. I wonder what Turnbull Restroration would charge for a complete case color job including taking the gun apart and putting it back together?

Call them and ask for a quote.

[Paul Ehlers]

A gun like this is only a virgin once! Take it out and shoot it & all you'll have is another used gun. Redo the case colors once they have worn off and all you'll have is a redone gun. Probably a nicely redone one, but still not the virgin that this one is.

[Greg Baehman]

A gun like this is only a virgin once! Take it out and shoot it & all you'll have is another used gun. Redo the case colors once they have worn off and all you'll have is a redone gun. Probably a nicely redone one, but still not the virgin that this one is.
But Paul, what about "SOUL" -- the very thing dyed-in-the-wool Parker Bros. collectors tout? :whistle: How in the world will the Repros ever attain soul status without being loving used?

[allen newell]

Bill, I'll bet $4k or more at least

[Paul Ehlers]

But Paul, what about "SOUL" -- the very thing dyed-in-the-wool Parker Bros. collectors tout? :whistle: How in the world will the Repros ever attain soul status without being loving used?

There's plenty of them that have earned the soul you're referring to. Now that we're thirty-some-odd years past production of these wonderful guns. There's fewer & fewer of the ones that someone had the foresight to stash away and preserve as NIB unfired.

Collectors come in all forms and in some circles the most highly sought after guns which bring the highest prices are the ones in the highest original condition. Like I stated before--These are only a virgin once!

Out of curiosity: What do you think a repro like this one in its NIB condition might be worth in another thirty years, if it's kept pristine? I can assure you it would be much less if it had been used hard in that time frame!

[Dean Romig]

Thirty years value increase is greatly dictated by the value of the dollar at that time…





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[Greg Baehman]

There's plenty of them that have earned the soul you're referring to. Now that we're thirty-some-odd years past production of these wonderful guns. There's fewer & fewer of the ones that someone had the foresight to stash away and preserve as NIB unfired.

Collectors come in all forms and in some circles the most highly sought after guns which bring the highest prices are the ones in the highest original condition. Like I stated before--These are only a virgin once!

Out of curiosity: What do you think a repro like this one in its NIB condition might be worth in another thirty years, if it's kept pristine? I can assure you it would be much less if it had been used hard in that time frame!
I agree with you 100%. I am only being a bit facetious -- maybe a lot! :cheers:

[Bill Murphy]

I would love to keep my double trigger Repros in unfired condition, but they are very tempting (to shoot). I took a double trigger 28 two barrel set for a round of skeet when it was new. At the end of the round, I could tell it had been shot. The finish on the receiver had faded on the corners. I give up.

[mikeschneider]

$1 invested in the S & P 500 30 years ago, through 2/28/25, grew to $20.55, an annual return of 10.62% annually, with dividends reinvested. That’s despite 2 sizable bear markets (4/2000-3/2003, and 10/07-3/09), as well as many other corrections well in excess of 10%, such as 2022, down 20%. Had I bot a gun in ‘95 that I worried about from an investment perspective, and wrestled over shooting it or not, maybe investing $1,000 in SPY and letting the equity market do its thing would be a decent alternative. Over its 60 year history, Berkshire Hathaway has trounced the return of SPY, I bet these last 30 years were ok for Mr Buffet’s outfit. 1 share of the class A shares is worth about $800,000 currently…looks like it was about $22,700 30 years ago…about 35x….vs SPY doing about 20x. So, $1000 in BRK would be worth about $35,000 today. $500 in each would be worth about $28,000 today, if diversification is your thing. I don’t have any collector-type guns, but what I have I shoot, believing that they’re not my workhorse investments. Only speaking for my guns…there may be guns out there that perform on par with our equity market.

[Kevin McCormack]

Bill Murphy and I had a Parker 28 ga. display at the Old Baltimore Show in March of 2001 wherein we displayed the very best Remington era Runge-engraved BHE 28 ga I've ever seen; all options including VR. A colloquium of 5 experienced Parker collectors estimated its fair market value at $32,500 retail and $28,500 wholesale on the given market at that time. The gun sold for $126,00 at Guyette & Deeter's February 2023 auction. I still think about that gun!

[tom tutwiler]

I have that same gun with the same chokes but with 26" barrels. I'd say its had a few boxes of shells put through it. Those chokes and having double triggers make it quite hard to find. Took me about 5 year of looking to find it and it wasn't cheap to buy it for sure. I think this gun went for market value with it being NIB with that barrel length.

[Garry Beck]

How common was it,on two bbl. sets 26&28" for both sets to be Q1&Q2 ?

[Dean Romig]

Garry, I had a repro 20 ga. two barrel set choked like that.
Straight grip, single trigger, BTFE 26" & 28" both choked Q1 & Q2





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[Kenny Graft]

Few were made....I have the only 20/16 set I ever run across.....(-: DT-PG-SPL, 6lbs-4oz. I hunt Grouse with my 16-gauge barrels in place and do very well with it. This big PA Grouse fell to its roar and the 2nd bird up banked and the shot passed its tail feathers. We had a great day in Potter co. PA. The Parker pictured was a true parker gun also in 16 taken in the UP MI. Pictures of this Repro are not on this computer but is the gun I'm holding in the last picture....(-: SXS Ohio

Both the barrels are 28" Q1/Q2

[Paul Ehlers]

How common was it,on two bbl. sets 26&28" for both sets to be Q1&Q2 ?

Although it's not very common to have both barrel sets choked the same, they are out there.

My 16/20 set is choked the same @ Q-1, Q-2 on both the original 28" 16ga and the 26" 20ga barrels. This was the reason why when Galazan's came out with their first run of repro 28"16ga barrels I jumped on getting a set and fit them to the gun for an IC/mod set for a tighter choking option.

One of my big mistakes over the years, was my gun was one of two 16/20 sets with consecutive serial numbers which were originally bought by the same man for him and his son. I could have bought both guns for 4k each and passed on the second one--big mistake on my part!:banghead: