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Take the Repro. You won't regret it and neither will he

Unless the Original VH 20 is prestine original I would have to say it is way overpriced if cost is same as a DHE Repro 20 GA!
Bob Jurewicz

Well the Repro has already sold. I may hold out and see if I can find something at the southern SxS.

I believe all parker reproduction parts were destroyed in a flood. So repair could be a problem in the future. Just a thought.

If it were my choice I’d buy the original . But I’d also buy some sort of beater gun for him to use a bit before I put the little Parker in his hands .

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Originally Posted by Greg Baehman (Post 386312)

David Trevallion, one of the most respected names in the doublegun business of our time, opined this: "Parker Reproduction guns were in every respect equal - if not superior - to the originals." Show your boy good pictures of both guns and let him make his own decision.

He may be quite correct . But after close to forty years of them being around the word Repro is still hard for me to swallow .

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Originally Posted by CraigThompson (Post 386376)

He may be quite correct . But after close to forty years of them being around the word Repro is still hard for me to swallow .

I realize that deeply held prejudices can be hard to let go. But, there comes a time for all things to come to an end.

Don't look at Parker Reproductions as something made in Japan in the same light as many other products that came out of Japan. After all, weren't they designed by an American born in the U.S.A.? Weren't they the brainchild of an American born in the U.S.A.? Weren't they built by an American company headquartered in the U.S.A. (albeit utilizing a production facility located in Japan)? Wasn't the stock wood supplied by an American company located in the U.S.A.? Weren't they marketed by an American company located in the U.S.A.? Weren't they sold through a network of American dealers located in the U.S.A.?

Furthermore, Parker Reproduction cases were made in Italy and the snap caps were made in England.

If anything, given the U.S.A., Japan, Italy and England connections, Parker Reproductions was/is an international endeavor with worldwide reaching proportions to be enjoyed and collected by many generations yet to come . . . and they're here for us right now.

I'd vote for the repro, only because I have a VH, VHE, PH 20 and Grade O hammer gun with 16 an 20 ga barrels.

I bought my son a 20ga. Trojan made in 1913, exactly 100 years older than him. It has 28 inch barrels and choked IC/M with a 14" LOP. It weighs 6 pounds. He is still a little too young for it, but he is excited about it. It should be a gun he enjoys for a lifetime and is his first Parker.