If there was any repair done to that gun, as others have mentioned, it was done very early in that guns life. Maybe on assembly somebody dropped the barrels on the dolls head. No the gun is not a mint condition never fired gun that was hidden in original box in grandpa's closet, but its close enough by my standards. By looks of it it appears only time it has been handled was by someone with an oil cloth doling over it. That gun might have less than 500 rounds fired in it. Beautiful gun.

BTW I think anyone that go to trouble to nitpick that much is campaigning or trying to manage the narrative on that gun. It worked. I am now sorely convinced that gun is a POS made completely worthless with that SST trigger since no market for that at all. And that engraving is gawd awful, my cat can scratch better scenes in the litter box. All that busy grain in the stock makes it weak and fragile and will probably snap at the wrist with a half ounce load and probably why gun was never shot much. That gun shop should be ashamed of trying to pass off such an unsafe hoax. I got maybe a couple of hundred bucks that I'm willing take a risk on that gun, maybe for parts or something.:)

Why the obsession to critique a shotgun you don’t intend to purchase? It’s a bit odd and off putting to criticize other people’s ads. If you aren’t involved at all in the transaction or invited, as Vicknair often is, by a potential buyer to evaluate a firearm, why are you involving yourself?

Exactly, they have ulterior motives. Common high stakes negotiation tactic, or they are just an ass. Answer is probably somewhere in between.

IME, nit pickers on vintage gun sites are often driven by an air of superiority or by jealousy, or worse yet by both.

He was asked to by a fellow member @ Doublegunshop.com. Only reason DV would have on this particular gun. The guy who requested the critique hates Parkers. He said this example "is the kind of gun you should feel excellent about paddling a canoe with, should you break both paddles...".

Wow - That’s pretty harsh! Fenceposts maybe, but canoe paddles?!?

Some people feel the need to trash that which others admire and appreciate, or they just don’t feel they are important. And they simply don’t know how to act in a public social setting. I guess it’s okay to act boorishly with their buddies when they’ve had enough amber elixer or “tongue lubricant” where they just don’t care or even feel anonymous... but some people are just born that way.





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Some people are just haters. I guarantee even you look closely enough at some high end English guns in 6 figure range you could find something to nit pick and disparage, even beyond the price.

Right.

If I am examining a gun that I fully intend to buy I have every right to nit-pick the merchandise to my heart’s content, but IMO, not on a public forum... even if asked to join in on the nit-picking.

And I’m sure neither Steve or the owner of the gun never asked folks to publicly nit-pick or thash this nice gun.





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That’s correct Dean. Some people never learned from Grandma when she said “ keep your words soft and sweet because you’ll never know when you’ll have to eat them”

Trap comb on an A 20. Disregard the purple face above . Unintended and I can’t delete it.

The Barnett gun looks like a really nice one to me.