I agree with that IF it's unfired. The original post on the BHE 20 didn't say anything about it being unfired. I see nothing wrong with using a 90% or better gun. I just sold a benchmark 20ga skeet gun. It had been used but very little and I wasn't going to use it. It helped me get the BHE 20 which I dearly enjoy using.

I couldn't disagree more ! Fired , fired very little or unfired be it a VH or anything up to and including an A1 if I pay for it , it's a 99% given I'll shoot it . And again that's the buyers prerogative .

I currently have 4 Parkers I've never fired. They've been fired plenty of times by someone else, though....I just haven't gotten around to shooting them yet.

I have rifles that I haven't gotten around to shooting...yet. to many rifles and not enough deer season:)

I'd fix that little predicament in about an hour with four boxes of shells and a trip to my club skeet/trap field 😉👍🏻

About 15 years ago, I bought an unfired M42 with original vent rib. It didn't stay unfired for long, and is one of my favorite guns. It also is now sporting a set of Fajen straight grip English Walnut. (The original wood is carefully put away)

To each his own, indeed.

The more scarce an original unfired Parker becomes, the more valuable they become.

...to collectors... we are a collectors organization, aren't we?




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If I had an unfired Parker, I'd never fire it either. I figure if it made it this long without being fired, why should some goon like me ruin it?

But shame on the person who bought it new and never fired it!

We are a collectors organization but I'll bet you there are far more members who shoot their Parkers, Winchesters, Fox's etc. than those who just store them away for posterity. I have had NIB guns and kept them for a while and never used them. The time came when I just didn't see the point anymore and sold them to a "collector". I like and enjoy a nice gun as much as anyone but it has to be something I'm not afraid to use.

Rich -

This is a discussion we hash and rehash at the club.

It is certainly a personal decision. I for one, have passed through the phase of wanting to collect "pristine guns" just to have them. I believe I have swung all way to the other side as I now look at 90+% guns "as too nice to own" - Aka... what would I do with it if I bought it? Cant hunt with it....lose big money if I scratch it......not a good fit for me.
Others in our group have opposite outlook - 90%+ no problem.....lets take it out and hunt it. Only live once!

I am a bit jealous of those guys.....:)