The barrels are not cut. Overall a lot of the work done was bot done well or could have been done better.
In regards to what is blued and what is not, the guard, safety and triggers on this grade are blued. Everything else is case colored.

For the money that you are tossing around, a good original gun can be had.

...and nobody has mentioned the blatantly obvious fact that the roll pin was reinstalled backwards and it is most certainly a 0-frame gun evidenced by the lack of lightening cuts in the water tables...





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Lightening cuts notwithstanding, a 28 gauge with that low a SN would most certainly have been an O frame gun.

I'll never understand a restored gun with bad screws.

Screws are a minor problem compared to a warped floorplate, badly ground down on the edges as well as other parts that were roughly prepared. The refinisher used sandpaper or a buffing or grinding wheel to clean up the parts. It was also case colored over pits. It can't be repaired for any reasonable cost. Most Parker collectors would consider $3500 to be too much. Sorry for the late post.

This looks like a great opportunity to learn a lesson with your wallet!

PML

Michael, I think you just got your money back and then some on your PGCA membership.

Share a photo of the 28 Parker you finally buy, and good luck finding the one that works for you. They are great bird guns.