I believe many people and gun shops place a premium on a restoration of a Parker was done by Larry Del Grego & Sons due to the family connection to Parker Bros and Remington (provided there is proof of their work). The value depends on the buyer. There are people on here that know better than I the history of this shop. Over the years they took many artistic liberties if you will, such as creating Skeet Guns from ordinary guns, putting BTFE's on guns that did not have them etc. In my mind the guns restored by this shop stand on their own merits as restorations and alterations. Some people like them and others don't. I do recall being told from a VERY reliable source that back in the day the recasing of receivers was done by Remington and it was a cyanide process. I was told the prep work was done in the Del Grego shop and the receivers were taken to the plant in a lunch box to be case colored, friends helping friends as they say.
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