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Originally Posted by Russ Jackson
I believe the Repro's were copied from the Ilion guns but in my mind at least you can't begin to compare a Repro to an Ilion gun ! Of course just my opinion and we all know about opinions !
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The reproductions have many adherents. They are nice guns. I owned one once but sold it because I thought it was on the heavy side for a 20 bore. The checkering on the DHE's was not up to Parker standards on most of them I have seen. It also has an incredibly hard finish on the stocks. I took the finish off and did the stocks with oil. I recut the checkering and cut mullered borders. The gun looked a lot better. I also redid the barrels even though the gun was new. I fully understand why people like them, but for me, I'll stick to the originals.