28 ga repro, double triggers long lop,Beavertail
 

On Guns International
2 barrels, long length of pull
Beavertail , double triggers
102178374
$ 11 000, what do you think
Thanks

Pat

Too much!!





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If that were an original Meriden-built Parker Bros. gun in comparable condition, comparable wood, comparable everything - including the case and oil bottle - the whole shebang. What do you suppose the asking price might be?

In that light, $11K may look like a bargain, eh?

But, It isn't

I should have bought a repro 3-5 years ago when prices were reasonable...in my opinion that market is out of control.

Great if you are a seller, but as a buyer, I will likely always gravitate towards an original Parker.

Quick edit: I have enjoyed shooting a few repros and I appreciate them, I just don't want to pay current prices when I can find wonderful originals for equal or less money

Ten years ago, when Repros were at the top of the market, I think it was Jack Puglisi or some other famous dealer, advertised an identical gun for $10,000, a world record at the time. It sold pretty quickly and then the market settled a bit. It was a very rare combination then and it is now. An even scarcer combination is a one barrel 28" gun with those same features.

For the same, or a little more, I think I'd prefer to have two separate guns. I paid about half that for my two barrel set. I paid exactly half that for a 2 trigger, 26" just a year ago.
Is it just me, or is the nose of the comb, on the subject gun, a little exaggerated?

If that were an original Meriden-built Parker Bros. gun in comparable condition, comparable wood, comparable everything - including the case and oil bottle - the whole shebang. What do you suppose the asking price might be?

In that light, $11K may look like a bargain, eh?


Obviously it isn't, it's so much more! :duck:

If you'd like to argue that, take it up with Trevallion, as it was him that opined "Parker Reproduction guns were in every respect equal - if not superior - to the originals."

I think the nose of the comb is about typical for a straight grip Edgar.





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Actually I have talked with David on the subject of Repros and he and I both agree that they are equal or even superior to the originals as regards metallurgy and tolerances and interchangeability of parts but the Repros are, without question, lacking in that "soul" we attribute to the originals - especially those that have been hunted with, shot at competition targets and have developed that certain patina of careful loving use. The originals have been handled, loved, revered, cleaned by a father, grandfather, great grandfather, great, great grandfather....The Repros can't claim any of this yet.... and that's the operative word "Yet"


And I'll qualify my previous post on this thread where I said "Too much".

If it were the same gun with only one set of barrels - and it doesn't matter which because we each have our own preferences in chokes - so one set of barrels will usually languish in the case for as long as the buyer owns it. So the extra set of barrels is basically "extra baggage" for most of us. In fact, over time and for whatever reason, that extra set may even become separated from the gun, thereby making that extra set a liability.
For investment purposes... maybe the two-barrel-set demands a premium but the gun with just one set of barrels - and I'll even give it it's one-barrel case - is probably worth (IMHO) $6k - $6.5K so I reason $11k is "Too much".





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I actually avoid set guns for that very reason. I would rather have two guns with one set of barrels to hold and admire.

Interestingly enough a 16/20 set is on GI right now for high retail but with two triggers I bet it gets snatched up if the 16 gauge set are Krieghof.

I have 5 28 ga repos
4 of the 5 are 2 barrell sets
One is a 4 barrel
26 ic and mod
28 mod and full
28 skeet and ic
28 inch .410 csmc skeet and ic
Last a 28 inch ic and mod
Some put together
Some original
They did not make that
Many 28 ga, so
The one for 11k is unique

I think the 26 in barrels in South
Georgia are worthless
No thick grouse cover very few
Swamp quail left
I use the 28 in barrels for all shooting

Dean's comment "One set of barrels, doesn't matter which" does not ring true. A one barrel set, 26", sells for thousands less than a one barrel 28" gun. It does make a difference. Oddly, I had to buy a two barrel set years ago, during the closeout, because a one barrel 28" gun in any double trigger configuration was not available. I paid $2850 instead of a lower price, $1995, for the "out of stock" one barrel set. I tried to locate a one barrel 28" double trigger gun from all three closeout dealers, but could not locate one. They were awash with 26" guns.

Deleted my comment - I had misread the ad.



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Talking about misreading an ad
Ithough on gunbroker it was a 28 ga repro with 28 inch barrels
Starting bid 1399
So I bid ,getting in the first bid
Well it was barrels
Only and nobody bid
At that time ,I didn't need them so resold them for same price
Later needing to put with gun
That had 26 in barrels, I was only bidders for another set
Of 28 in barrels , cost
25 dollars

I’ve had my hands on plenty of the Repros from the time they first hit the market . And from inception until now I’ve never been able to talk myself into purchasing one . To each his own I just cannot get past the MADE IN JAPAN part . To be honest that’s also why I’m not to much into Brownings that weren’t made in Belgium .

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