Old Beauty - too pretty?
As a new member I have a question:
When is it time to officially retire a beauty or to just go and hunt with it? I live on a Texas Gulf beach. Humidity stays above 80%.
I’ll share my Parker’s pedigree and some photos.
12 ga DHE, a 1985 appraisal from Collectors Firearms (Houston) listed it as having all original: 98% varnish, 95% bluing, 90% case colors.
I put it my closet where it has been for the past 33 years.
I duck hunted salt marshes with a Mossberg 500 instead.
I welcome your comments. Is this a common dilemma?
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