What Horror Is This?
 

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A 28-gauge for only $7950 down from $12,500. Wonder what gauge it was when it left Meriden?

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I wonder what the serial number is?





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148781

Originally a 16 gauge, hmmm...





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Such guns were common in the sixties when various US and European firms were making those faked up barrels and guns. Where was this gun advertised?

Guns International Bill.

I looked at this one earlier in the week and thought to myself, Oh my gosh I hope some unknowledgeable buyer doesn't get separated with his money.

Seeing things like this makes a good case of why you need to educate yourself about Parkers before you take the leap. Just because it's technically a 28ga now, doesn't mean it can bring anywhere close to Parker 28ga value. "Buyer be Ware"

I thought Jim Goergen was more honest than to display a gun like this for sale with no comment about its originality. Missing its original barrels, this is at most a $250 gun.

Can I use this as a learning lesson from you folks?? Maybe someone like ME would look at this and buy it, but the point is how does one learn what to look at before buying? Ask on this forum? (at the risk of sounding like an idiot maybe?) But anyways, without a serial number search when I looked at the listing (with my minimally trained eye) there are THREE things I noticed off the bat. Please correct me if I'm wrong or tell me what the more experienced folks noticed that I missed so I (and maybe others) can learn:

1. First, why such a huge price drop? That always makes me wonder what is wrong
2. The barrels look too small for the action and I would ask about frame size (but not sure I would have noticed this right away without the OP and others saying this was not a 28 originally)
3. The dolls head doesn't seem to fit?

Other things obvious to others may not be noticed by me and that's my list so far.

A perfect doll's head is the first thing I look for... if nothing else is glaringly wrong.

There are plenty of examples of a perfect doll's head fit out there.

Further, the earliest 28 ga. Parkers were built on the 0-frame and the light 16's were also built on the 0-frame. A practiced gunsmith should be able to seamlessly fit one to the other with no discernable "horrors".


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