Paul.. OUCH!

Paying J-LOEW in Bitcoin.........:whistle:

I don't worry too much about the past mistakes I've made. I learned valuable lessons from each of those. It's the future mistakes that I dread.

Well I sold a couple I should have kept and bought a couple of should of left alone. Why do I do that?!

Still frett about the VH 20 with 30" barrels Jerry Andrews wanted to sell me back in the late 1980's--I thought 26" were what I needed for grouse, so I passed on it. Now I prefer 30".
Harold , you dumb ass!

I didn't press a friend on a graded 20 with 32 and 28 inch barrels. He lived out of state and wouldn't ship it and there was a minor trigger issue he wanted fixed first. I told him I could get it fixed and it didn't concern me but it was his gun so I left the issue alone. I tried to meet up with him on the way to the Southern one year but it didn't work out. He later died and I couldn't connect with the family.
I have to much money in a high condition CHE 16 with 30 inch barrels.

I have three sawed off Parkers and love all three. The price was right. BH 10, 18", DHE 12, 26", DHE 16, 24", all great condition, all working well.

My biggest challenge is in my head figuring out what something is worth. Not good enough yet to know what grades fetch what and why, without digging out books and charts and doing some serious research. Usually by then the gun is gone. Most of the ones I keep going back to and consider remain there which tells me I must have no flipping idea what I'm doing because nobody else is buying them either.

One mistake I've made is NOT BUYING great Parkers I thought were priced too high...just to see them skyrocket in price a few years later!

I have made my share of mistakes until I bought a wall thickness gauge, bore mic, and order a Parker letter or Fox factory card before taking my wallet out. Judging condition only comes from years of looking at guns and purchasing a couple of bench mark guns. I question collectors that say they have never lost money on a gun. The only way to accomplish that in my opinion is don't buy your first one LOL!