Thank you, Mr. Murphy
I am afraid I may have not completely understood your suggestion as to a re-reading of the Blue Book's details. If I understand you correctly, an 80$ conditioned 12 VH might be worth $5000 on today's market, and lose $3500 with the alteration of the Briley thin-walled tubes, is that the case. Wow- what a financial loss to the owner.
I just spoke with him, he bought this gun at a gun show about 5 years ago, sent it to Briley's for the tube(s) installation, and has the supporting documents-so if he wanted to sell it to any well versed Parker collector, he would take a "bath" akin to those late comers who invested with Bernie Madoff? Wow- and wow again.
He is going to give the serial number(s), frame size, and with the A grade Fox- the barrel weight stamping number- and also similar details on a 12 DHE 30" F&F choked Parker he may think about selling- I shall also try to get some good detailed photos soon of these guns. Thanks again for your expertise and detailed explanations of current Parker gun values in today's market.
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