I'm always of the mind that it is a great idea to take any collectible artifact that is not of "collector" quality and bring it back to some semblance of it's former self. When this is a Parker I would say that if the barrels are safe than go ahead and put some money into it if you like it and don't worry about getting your money back. The restoration work puts money back into the economy and a good gun is made better. I guarantee someone will thank all the people who had "bad" restorations made right sometime down the road.
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