This "refinished Parker shotgun" is actually a good thing. A person who knows nothing about the Parker mystique can get into the vintage gun or Parker game for a reasonable amount of money and either shoot at vintage events or go hunting with the best gun on the market, guns with character. There are thousands of guys out there who don't know how to penetrate this secret society. Refinished guns are the way for them to do it. There are a whole covey of shooters in the gun clubs where I shoot that have been introduced to the use and ownership of Parker shotguns by me, Kevin McCormack, Paul Shields, Jon Swindle, and several others who have some knowledge of these guns. We all shoot non collectable Parker shotguns and know where to buy more.
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