I think the 1/2 frame guns are part of the Parker Mystique, and the people I know that have bought them did so for all the right reasons - as George set forth in his post. Although I have never owned a 1/2 frame gun, I have purchased the equivalent(s) for most of the same reasons - scarcity/rarity, uniqueness, etc. I recently bought a Fox 'Pin Gun' simply because I didn't have one in my lineup of graded Foxes and I wanted an early Sterlingworth in good condition that I could shoot. I think a lot of "half-framers" are motivated by similar drives.
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