Parker Repro 20 ga 3 barrel set
 

I have a friend who owns a Parker Repro 20 ga 3 barrel set, SN 20-03408.
It's a single trigger DHE with typical wood and nickel side plates. Any ideas on current value?

Please explain the "nickel side plates" and also give us the serial numbers of each barrel set, forearm, and receiver. What a nice gun this must be.

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I meant nickel finish receiver. I’d have edited but reposted instead. I’ll check SNs. If I knew how I’d delete this thread because I have another on the same topic. :rotf::rotf:

All three barrels carry the same SN.

Are you sure it has a nickel finish receiver? Might you really have meant a case colored receiver or a case colored receiver that has the case colors worn off or removed?

I'm pretty sure It's a nickel finish. I'd post pix but not sure how to do that. Sorry!

Here's a "How-to on posting pix

https://parkerguns.org/forums/faq.ph...l&titlesonly=0

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Thanks for the help!

Well, it doesn’t appear to be nickel plated, but rather appears that someone removed the original case colors. Now that you’re able to post pics, can you show other views (top, bottom and other side) of the frame to confirm what we’re seeing, please?

I'll have to get together with him to take more pix. Has he compromised the value by removing the case colors?

Yes.

Well, not really "compromised". More than a few owners of Repros have had the poor original colors removed and had finishers like Doug Turnbull apply real bone charcoal case colors with excellent results. I kind of like the bare look of the gun in the pictures. I don't know if it will rust or not.

I think I've talked the owner of this gun into joining PGCA. He's anxious to learn more about his special Parker repro, and I can't think of a better place for it! Thanks all for your responses. This third party thing isn't working very well.