I would not worry about the case coloring as they wear off easily, or a nick in a used hunting gun. Don't know about the ripple with out seeing it. I have a single barrel 28ga repro with double triggers and they are hard to find. Since it's a used gun I would like to pay around $6500. Just my opinion

James,

The gun is on “consignment”. He’s asking $9,500. If I could get it for $6,500 I probably would. That seems like a pretty big gap to bridge.

Best,
Brett

Yea $9500 is too much

This set appears to be new... Check out the receipt!

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=102223973

$2695 was the closeout price at Jaqua's, Guns Unlimited, and Cape Outfitters. A great piece of Parker Repro history. Not a bad rate of return.

Assuming an inflation rate of 6% The price would double every 12 years. 24 years later, the closeout price today would be $10,780

I would double check on the choke measurements. Listing says 26" barrel, Imp cyl= .003, Mod= .031--- 28" barrel, Mod= .020, Full= .040. These numbers seem way off, chokes may not have been measured acurately or they have been altered. Listing also says near new, not new

John, the difference is that in those days, I had $2695. Today, I don't have $10,780 handy. I am happy with my $2695 Repro and its rate of return.

Bill I agree. Staring at a safe deposit box ain't as much fun as fussing with these guns

I was in Jaquas regurlarly during that period and there were a lot of them for sale. When I first saw them they were stacked 3 feet high boxed up in the middle of the store. They took a while to sell, and if I remember when the stack got pretty short they were $1895 in the store, but I may not be correct.

Yup, the one barrel guns were $1895. The two barrel sets (with beavertail ?) were $2695. I wanted a one barrel set, but none of the dealers had one barrel 28" 28 gauges with double triggers. Guns Unlimited had three two barrel sets with beavertail, straight grip, and double triggers. The lady taking my order opened all three boxes and picked the one she liked the best and sent it to me. Years before the closeout, two friends bought 28 gauge, 28", splinter, double trigger guns with consecutive serial numbers. Another identical consecutive numbered gun was offered, but I wasn't up to the $3370 retail price because I had a BHE .410 on order with no idea what that one would cost. Just last year, the third consecutive gun came up on Gunbroker and I ended up buying it. The second one of the first two ended up with one of my friends. Some day I may end up buying those two.

I always enjoyed dealing with Bill, Cam and Neil

Here's one of the closeout advertisements:

The posted ad for $1995 included the $100 surcharge for single trigger because no double triggers were available at that point in single barrel sets. Other ads listed the one barrel sets at $1895. Note the $100 surcharge for a 12 gauge gun. Thanks for the great ad.

Would you please post one of those ads, Bill?

To all

I have owned a lot of Parker guns & a few repos, just remember one thing about all of them " an iffy gun will always be an iffy gun "!!!!! During my collecting life, I have WALKED on a lot of iffy guns. The climb was not worth the view .

Best
Allan

Greg, I think most of the closeout ads were for $1895. This ad just posted is the first one I have ever seen that mentions $1995. We have a file of Repro paper somewhere on this site.

I can't find an $1895 closeout price in any ad in our PGCA collection, although I did find a $2095 ad. I will keep looking for the $1895 ad.

Along with the $2095 price for the ST Repros you likely missed the $1995 price for DT Repros, as shown below. I don't believe you're going to find a closeout ad listing the DT guns at $1895. I know we "Never Say Never" in the Parker World, but I will say this -- I have never seen a Closeout Parker Reproduction ad listing a DHE DT 20 or 28ga. Repro for $1895. -- they've all been listed at $1995. I would hope that someone would prove me wrong and post a pic of one of these ads as I'd love to expand my knowledge . . . but I'm not holding my breath. :corn:

I am probably wrong about the $1895 ad. It's hell getting old.

I grew up in NW OH and when I was home visiting family would always make a trip to Jaquea’s. On one of those trips I went through about 15 of those repros to pick out the two 20 gauges that went back to FL w/me. Wish I had been smart enough to buy DT/BT guns and a 28 gauge as well. Neal was very accommodating as I looked at the wood and selected the guns I wanted. Had I only known I should have bought 5 or 6 of them and held on to them!!! Live and learn. Brett

Brett, how about posting some pics showing us the wood in the “Let’s see some wood!” thread of those two 20ga. Repros you picked out at Jacqua’s? I’m sure many here would like to see them!

When Jim Tyrell was the manager at F.R.&G.C. he came to a skeet shoot at Piedmont Sportsman’s Club and brought along some stuff for sale . This was when the Repro’s first hit the market . He had a Repro 28 seems to me it was 26” IC/M or Q1/Q2 and a single trigger . Seems to me he was asking $2095 or $2195 . I fingered that gun quite a bit but wouldn’t bite . He also had a Winchester 23 Classic also in 28 gauge , I did bite for the Winchester seems to me I paid $1200 for the 23 .

You got that right Bill

Here is an ad from the American Rifleman that I don't remember.